Shanghai : a history in photographs, 1842-today
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Shanghai : a history in photographs, 1842-today
AUTHOR:
Liu, Heung Shing, 1951-
Smith, Karen Jean, 1965-
ISBN:
9780670080908
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Camberwell, Victoria, Australia : Penguin, Viking, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
501 p. : ill. ; 35 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references
ABSTRACT:
Over the intervening 160 years, Shanghai has been shaped by outside forces - foreign concessions, Japanese invasions, the arrival of the Communists and the cult of Mao, they have all played their part in sculpting today's Shanghai. This is a visual history that tells the story of modern China.
SUBJECT:
| Shanghai (China) -- History -- Pictorial works |
| Shanghai (China) -- History |
| Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works |
BIBSUMMARY:
Over the intervening 160 years, Shanghai has been shaped by outside forces - foreign concessions, Japanese invasions, the arrival of the Communists and the cult of Mao, they have all played their part in sculpting today's Shanghai. This is a visual history that tells the story of modern China.