Mapping modernity in Shanghai
Subtitle: space, gender, and visual culture in the sojourners' city, 1853-98
By: Samuel Y. Liang.
Series: Asia's transformations
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxon [England]; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415569132; 9780203852149
Subjects: Architecture and society -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century; Space (Architecture) -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century; Public spaces -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century; Refugees -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century; Immigrants -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century; Sociology, Urban -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century
Other titles: Space, gender, and visual culture in the sojourners' city, 1853-98
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fluid tradition, splintered modernity; title: The convergence of writing and commerce; title: Ephemeral households, marvelous things; title: The meeting of courtyard and street; title: Ultimate ingenuity, amorphous crowds; title: The mingling of magnates and masses.