Shanghai 
Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City 1842-1949
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: May 22, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780060934811
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Cultural studies; History; History - General History; History: World; China; Asia - China; History / Asia; Asia - General
First sentence: In Shanghai's prime, no city in the Orient, or the world for that matter, could compare with it.