Global Shanghai, 1850–2010
A History in Fragments
Price: $39.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-21328-8
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 5th December 2008 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 208
About the Book
This book explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided treaty port in the 1840s, and looking forward to its upcoming hosting of China’s first World’s Fair, the 2010 Expo. As such, Global Shanghai is a lively and informative read for students and scholars of Chinese studies and urban studies and anyone interested in the history of Shanghai.
Reviews
'Like Walter Benjamin in his 'Arcades project', Wasserstrom uses elegant, shrewdly chosen vignettes to illuminate the paradox of urban modernity as simultaneous rupture and nostalgia. If he deflates some of Shanghai's current, boosterish hyperbole, it is only because he is so attentive to the many faces of its past.' Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz
Table of Contents
1. 1850—The Birth of a Newspaper 2. 1875—Putting the City on the Map 3. 1900—Fire and Sword 4. 1925—In the Streets 5. 1950—An In-Between Year 6. 1975—The East Was Red 7. 2000—A City in a Hurry Conclusion: Ten Theses on 21st Century Shanghai
About the Author(s)
Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom is a Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine