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Shanghai - Couverture souple

Sergeant, Harriet

 
9780719563348: Shanghai
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0719563348 ISBN 13 : 9780719563348
Editeur : John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

In the 1920s and 1930s Shanghai was called the whore of the Orient, home to gangsters and warlords, where nightclubs never closed and hotels supplied heroin on room service. It became the epitome of glamour, immortalized in books and films. With its bustling population of British, Chinese, Americans, French, Germans, Japanese and White Russians, its extremes of poverty and wealth, it appeared to straddle East and West. By the time the Chinese Communist takeover of 1949 had destroyed the illusion, Shanghai had passed into legend. This portrait of the city in its heyday combines first-hand accounts with extensive research and lively reconstruction.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the 1920s and 1930s Shanghai was called the whore of the Orient, home to gangsters and warlords, where nightclubs never closed and hotels supplied heroin on room service. It became the epitome of glamour, immortalized in books and films. With its bustling population of British, Chinese, Americans, French, Germans, Japanese and White Russians, its extremes of poverty and wealth, it appeared to straddle East and West. By the time the Chinese Communist takeover of 1949 had destroyed the illusion, Shanghai had passed into legend. This portrait of the city in its heyday combines first-hand accounts with extensive research and lively reconstruction.

Revue de presse

'This portrait of the city will captivate you with its vivacity and Shanghai you with its sureness of touch' (Mail on Sunday)

'A vivid portrait of Shanghai in its prime' (J. G. Ballard)

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Éditeur
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0719563348
ISBN 13 
9780719563348
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
381
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0517570254 ISBN 13 :  9780517570258
Editeur : Crown Pub, 1991
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