Carl Crow - a tough old China hand : the life, times and adventures of an American in Shanghai / Paul French.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

French, Paul, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crow, Carl, 1883-1945.

Crow, Carl.

Americans--China--Shanghai--Biography.

Americans.

Journalists--China--Shanghai--Biography.

Journalists.

Journalists--United States--Biography.

United States.

China--Shanghai.

Shanghai (China)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Shanghai (China).

Shanghai (China)--History--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 313 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2006.

Contents:

Names and Spelling vii

Introduction: A Quarter Century in China 1

1 From the Mid-West to the China Coast 7

2 The China Press Man 17

3 Living at the End of the Wires 25

4 The Collapse of the Qing Dynasty and Opportunities Abound 35

5 Intrigue in Tokyo and World War 57

6 From Fruit Rancher to Spy 71

7 Sun Yat-sen and the Biography That Never Was 83

8 Four Hundred Million Customers and Bringing Billboards to China 89

9 Getting Friendly with Warlords 113

10 Rumblings in Shanghai 133

11 The Life of a China Coast Man 139

12 Fear in Shanghai, the Generalissimo and Three Stripes on the Arm 161

13 Back in the Newspaper Business 171

14 The New Republic and the Soong Dynasty 177

15 More Skirmishes and a City in Flux 185

16 Swallowing Like Whales, Nibbling Like Silkworms 193

17 Final Days in the City of the Dead 203

18 Business Over: The Escape from Shanghai 211

19 Through the Back Door into China 223

20 Tea with Madame Chiang and Whisky with Zhou En-lai 237

21 War Service and Being Proved Right 249

22 The Final Prolific Years 261

Epilogue: Gone but Not Forgotten 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9622098029

9789622098022

OCLC:

71285837