Shanghai and the edges of empires
By: Meng Yue.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press; Univ Of Minnesota Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Shanghai (China) -- Civilization -- 19th century; Shanghai (China) -- Civilization -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the border of histories; title: Part I. Cosmic and semiotic centers of knowledge; title: 1. The shifting locations of the translation of science; title: 2. Semiotic modernity: the politics of philology and compilation; title: Part II. The carnival and the radical; title: 3. Urban festivity as a disruptive history; title: In search of a habitable globe; title: Part III. Interiors projecting the globe; title: 5. Reenvisioning the urban interior: gardens and the paradox of the public sphere; title: 6. The rise of an entertainment cosmopolitanism; title: Conclusion: Chinese cosmopolitanism repositioned.