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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liang, Samuel Y.

Series:

Asia's transformations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and society--China--Shanghai--History--19th century.

Architecture and society.

Space (Architecture)--Social aspects--China--Shanghai--History--19th century.

Space (Architecture).

Public spaces--Social aspects--China--Shanghai--History--19th century.

Public spaces.

Refugees--China--Shanghai--History--19th century.

Refugees.

Immigrants--China--Shanghai--History--19th century.

Immigrants.

Sociology, Urban--China--Shanghai--History--19th century.

Sociology, Urban.

History.

Public spaces--Social aspects.

Space (Architecture)--Social aspects.

China--Shanghai.

Physical Description:

xviii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Space, gender, and visual culture in the sojourners' city, 1853-98

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415569132

0415569133

9780203852149

0203852141

OCLC:

457164683