Shanghai's Dancing World: Cabaret Culture and Urban Politics, 1919--1954
A refreshingly well-written and richly detailed account of the world of cabarets, nightclubs and elite ballrooms in Shanghai during its jazzinspired "golden age" from 1919 to 1954, as well as a wider social history of this important city during an extraordinary period of political upheaval in China.(Roman CybriwskyPacific Affairs1900-01-00)--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.