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Traces the evolution of a dazzling urban culture that became alternately isolated from and intertwined with China's tumultuous history. Focusing on Shanghai's leading banks, publishing enterprises, and department stores, this book sketches the rise of a maritime and capitalist economic culture among the city's middle class.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Material Turn 2. The State in Commerce 3. Visual Politics and Shanghai Glamour 4. The Clock and the Compound 5. Enlightened Paternalism 6. Petty Urbanites and Tales of Woe 7. From Patriarchs to Capitalists Epilogue: The Return of the Banker Notes Bibliography Glossary Index

Shanghai Splendor A Cultural History 18431945 A

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 03/09/2007
      ISBN13: 9780520258174, 978-0520258174
      ISBN10: 0520258177
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      Book Synopsis
      Traces the evolution of a dazzling urban culture that became alternately isolated from and intertwined with China's tumultuous history. Focusing on Shanghai's leading banks, publishing enterprises, and department stores, this book sketches the rise of a maritime and capitalist economic culture among the city's middle class.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Material Turn 2. The State in Commerce 3. Visual Politics and Shanghai Glamour 4. The Clock and the Compound 5. Enlightened Paternalism 6. Petty Urbanites and Tales of Woe 7. From Patriarchs to Capitalists Epilogue: The Return of the Banker Notes Bibliography Glossary Index

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