Shanghai splendor : economic sentiments and the making of modern China, 1843-1949 / Wen-hsin Yeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yeh, Wen-Hsin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merchants--China--Shanghai--History.

Merchants.

China--Economic conditions--1912-1949.

China.

China--Politics and government--1912-1949.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rich with details of everyday life, this multifaceted social and cultural history of China's leading metropolis in the twentieth century offers a kaleidoscopic view of Shanghai as the major site of Chinese modernization. Engaging the entire span of Shanghai's modern history from the Opium War to the eve of the Communist takeover in 1949, Wen-hsin Yeh traces the evolution of a dazzling urban culture that became alternately isolated from and intertwined with China's tumultuous history. Looking in particular at Shanghai's leading banks, publishing enterprises, and department stores, she sketches the rise of a new maritime and capitalist economic culture among the city's middle class. Making extensive use of urban tales and visual representations, the book captures urbanite voices as it uncovers the sociocultural dynamics that shaped the people and their politics.

Contents:

The material turn

The state in commerce

Visual politics and Shanghai glamour

The clock and the compound

Enlightened paternalism

Petty urbanites and tales of woe

From patriarchs to capitalists

Epilogue: the return of the banker.

Notes:

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-284) and index.

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ISBN:

9786612359194

9781282359192

1282359193

9780520933422

0520933427

OCLC:

609850150