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Author : J. W. Maclellan
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Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Story of Shanghai, from the Opening of the Port to Foreign Trade written by J. W. Maclellan and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yue-man Yeung
Publisher : Chinese University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789622016675
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Shanghai written by Yue-man Yeung and published by Chinese University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As China's largest city best known for its pre-eminent achievements in the early part of the twentieth century, Shanghai grew modestly in comparison with southern China after the adoption of China's open policy in 1978. With the 1990 announcement of Pudong as an area for special development, Shanghai has raced ahead, seemingly on its way to an economic and cultural resurgence that is likely to accelerate development and modernization in the Yangzi Delta and China at large. This volume focuses on the physical and socioeconomic transformation of Shanghai across a wide range of topics. Drawing on the experience and expertise of researchers primarily in Hong Kong, this study is a major contribution to the subject of economic development and social change in China. It seeks to understand, analyze and interpret how Shanghai has transformed itself in recent years.
Author : Nicholas Kitto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789887963929
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (639 download)
Download or read book Trading Places written by Nicholas Kitto and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's treaty port era extended from the 1840s to 1943, during which time foreigners had a significant presence. This book contains more than 700 photographs of many buildings from this period, most of them commissioned by non-Chinese people and companies. Many argue that they should never have been built, let alone still be standing. But this book is not concerned with the rights and wrongs of how these buildings came to be. It simply celebrates their existence. A significant number are innately beautiful and all of them embody a history that has clear and present links to our own time and thus remain relevant. This book was driven by the author's interest in the history of China's treaty port era, in which several generations of his family played a part. It is a tribute to the buildings that remain as a reminder of the past, and a guide to where to find them.
Author : Jeffrey N Wasserstrom
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134613733
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Global Shanghai, 1850–2010 written by Jeffrey N Wasserstrom and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-11-25 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A monthly register of the most important works published in North and South America, in India, China, and the British colonies: with occasional notes on German, Dutch, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian books.
Author : Ng Chin-keong
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9814722014
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Boundaries and Beyond written by Ng Chin-keong and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the concept of boundaries, physical and cultural, to understand the development of China’s maritime southeast in late Imperial times, and its interactions across maritime East Asia and the broader Asian Seas, these linked essays by a senior scholar in the field challenge the usual readings of Chinese history from the centre. After an opening essay which positions China’s southeastern coast within a broader view of maritime Asia, the first section of the book looks at boundaries, between “us” and “them”, Chinese and other, during this period. The second section looks at the challenges to such rigid demarcations posed by the state and existed in the status quo. The third section discusses movements of people, goods and ideas across national borders and cultural boundaries, seeing tradition and innovation as two contesting forces in a constant state of interaction, compromise and reconciliation. This approach underpins a fresh understanding of China’s boundaries and the distinctions that separate China from the rest of the world. In developing this theme, Ng Chin-keong draws on many years of writing and research in Chinese and European archives. Of interest to students of migration, of Chinese history, and of the long term perspective on relations between China and its region, Ng’s analysis provides a crucial background to the historical shared experience of the people in Asian maritime zones. The result is a novel way of approaching Chinese history, argued from the perspective of a fresh understanding of China’s relations with neighbouring territories and the populations residing there, and of the nature of tradition and its persistence in the face of changing circumstances.
Author : Essex Institute. Library
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Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalog of Books on China in the Essex Institute, Compiled by Louise Marion Taylor written by Essex Institute. Library and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Trubner's American and Oriental Literary Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul French
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9622099823
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Through the Looking Glass written by Paul French and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The convulsive history of foreign journalists in China starts with newspapers printed in the European factories of Canton in the 1820s. It also starts with a duel between two editors over the future of China and ends with a fistfight in Shanghai over therevolution. This book tells the story of China's foreign journalists.
Author : Alexander Des Forges
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824830814
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Mediasphere Shanghai written by Alexander Des Forges and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many in the west, "Shanghai" is the quintessence of East Asian modernity, whether imagined as glamorous and exciting, corrupt and impoverishing, or a complex synthesis of the good, the bad, and the ugly. How did "Shanghai" acquire this power? How did people across China and around the world decide that Shanghai was the place to be? Mediasphere Shanghai shows that partial answers to these questions can be found in the products of Shanghai’s media industry, particularly the Shanghai novel, a distinctive genre of installment fiction that flourished from the 1890s to the 1930s. Shanghai fiction supplies not only the imagery that we now consider typical of the city, but, more significantly, the very forms—simultaneity, interruption, mediation, and excess—through which the city could be experienced as a business and entertainment center and envisioned as the focal point of a mediasphere with a national and transnational reach. Existing paradigms of Shanghai culture tend to explain the city’s distinctive literary and visual aesthetics as merely the predictable result of economic conditions and social processes, but Alexander Des Forges maintains that literary texts and other cultural products themselves constitute a conceptual foundation for the city and construct the frame through which it is perceived. Working from a wide range of sources, including installment fiction, photographs, lithographic illustrations, maps, guidebooks, newspapers, and film, Des Forges demonstrates the significant social effects of aesthetic forms and practices. Mediasphere Shanghai offers a new perspective on the cultural history of the city and on the literature and culture of modern China in general.
Author : Laura Victoir
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888139428
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (881 download)
Download or read book Harbin to Hanoi written by Laura Victoir and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a re-creation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and work. In this volume, scholars of city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of how colonization worked on different levels, and how it was expressed in stone, iron, and concrete. The process of creating the colonial built environment was multilayered and unpredictable. This book uncovers the regional diversity of the colonial built form found from Harbin to Hanoi, varied experiences of the foreign powers in Asia, flexible interactions between the colonizers and the colonized, and the risks entailed in building and living in these colonies and treaty ports.
Author : Frederik L. Schodt
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
ISBN 13 : 1611720095
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe written by Frederik L. Schodt and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at Professor Risley's introduction of the Western-style circus to Japan in 1864 and his subsequent tours of the country with the Imperial Japanese Troupe of acrobats, an encounter that opened both cultures to one another.
Author : Essex Institute. Library
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Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book Books on China in the Library of the Essex Institute written by Essex Institute. Library and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Denison
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317179293
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Architecture and the Landscape of Modernity in China before 1949 written by Edward Denison and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores China’s encounter with architecture and modernity in the tumultuous epoch before Communism – an encounter that was mediated not by a singular notion of modernism emanating from the west, but that was uniquely multifarious, deriving from a variety of sources both from the west and, importantly, from the east. The heterogeneous origins of modernity in China are what make its experience distinctive and its architectural encounters exceptional. These experiences are investigated through a re-evaluation of established knowledge of the subject within the wider landscape of modern art practices in China. The study draws on original archival and photographic material from different artistic genres and, architecturally, concentrates on China’s engagement with the west through the treaty ports and leased territories, the emergence of architecture as a profession in China, and Japan’s omnipresence, not least in Manchuria, which reached its apogee in the puppet state of Manchukuo. The study’s geographically, temporally, and architecturally inclusive approach framed by the concept of multiple modernities questions the application of conventional theories of modernity or post-colonialism to the Chinese situation. By challenging conventional modernist historiography that has marginalised the experiences of the west’s other for much of the last century, this book proposes different ways of grappling with and comprehending the distinction and complexity of China’s experiences and its encounter with architectural modernity.
Author : Tōyō Bunko (Japan)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Asiatic Library of Dr. G. E. Morrison, Now a Part of the Oriental Library, Tokyo, Japan: English books written by Tōyō Bunko (Japan) and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Xin Zhang
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674278380
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book The Global in the Local written by Xin Zhang and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, world-historic political, economic, and technological developments transformed everyday life in places like Zhenjiang, a midsize Chinese river town. Xin Zhang explores the local negotiation of globalization through the experience of Zhenjiang’s merchants, entrepreneurs, and ordinary residents.
Author : Marshall Everett
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Life of William McKinley & The Story of His Assassination (Illustrated Edition) written by Marshall Everett and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-03 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his meticulously researched book, 'The Life of William McKinley & The Story of His Assassination (Illustrated Edition),' Marshall Everett delves into the intricate details of the life of the 25th President of the United States. This literary work not only provides a comprehensive overview of McKinley's political career and policies but also delves into the personal life and motivations behind his decisions. The inclusion of illustrations enhances the reader's understanding of the historical context in which McKinley lived and governed, making this book both informative and visually engaging. Everett's writing style is scholarly yet accessible, making this biography a valuable resource for both academics and history enthusiasts alike. Drawing parallels between McKinley's era and contemporary politics, this book sheds light on the enduring impact of his presidency on American history. Marshall Everett's expertise in American history and politics shines through in this insightful biography of a pivotal figure in American history. His meticulous research and engaging writing style make 'The Life of William McKinley & The Story of His Assassination (Illustrated Edition)' a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of McKinley's presidency and his tragic end, making it a valuable addition to any history lover's library.
