Mapping modernity in Shanghai : space, gender, and visual culture in the sojourners' city, 1853-98 / Samuel Y. Liang.

By: Liang, Samuel YMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Asia's transformationsPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010Description: xviii, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415569132 (hbk.); 0415569133 (hbk.); 9780203852149 (ebk.); 0203852141 (ebk.)Other title: Space, gender, and visual culture in the sojourners' city, 1853-98Subject(s): Architecture and society -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century | Space (Architecture) -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century | Public spaces -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century | Refugees -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century | Immigrants -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century | Sociology, Urban -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th centuryLOC classification: NA2543 .S6L53 2010
Contents:
Fluid tradition, splintered modernity -- The convergence of writing and commerce -- Ephemeral households, marvelous things -- The meeting of courtyard and street -- Ultimate ingenuity, amorphous crowds -- The mingling of magnates and masses.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-212) and index.

Fluid tradition, splintered modernity -- The convergence of writing and commerce -- Ephemeral households, marvelous things -- The meeting of courtyard and street -- Ultimate ingenuity, amorphous crowds -- The mingling of magnates and masses.

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