Title Mapping Modernity in Shanghai : Space, Gender, and Visual Culture in the Sojourners' City, 1853-98

Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (237 pages) Series Asia's Transformations Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Fluid tradition, splintered modernity; 2 The convergence of writing and commerce; 3 Ephemeral households, marvelous things; 4 The meeting of courtyard and street; 5 Ultimate ingenuity, amorphous crowds; 6 The mingling of magnates and masses; Conclusion; Glossary of frequently-used Chinese terms; List of Chinese characters; Notes; References; Index Summary Mapping the city's native spaces of leisure and everyday life, this book reconstructs the spatial, material, and gender modernity of nineteenth-century Shanghai, giving the reader a window into the social life of late imperial China Notes Print version record Subject 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 century Architecture and society Immigrants Public spaces -- Social aspects Refugees Sociology, Urban Space (Architecture) -- Social aspects China -- Shanghai Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203852149 0203852141 1282733303 9781282733305

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