Shanghai, past and present : a concise socio-economic history, 1842-2012 /
Horesh, Niv,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the Shanghai experience, 1842-2009 -- Mystique, answers and unanswered questions -- The early rise of a treaty-port, 1840s-1860 -- Past glory, present hopes -- Re-examining public debt in Republican China, 1912-1937 -- Epilogue : no longer in the shadow of Hong Kong.