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Samuel Y. Liang
Mapping Modernity in Shanghai [EPUB ebook]
Space, Gender, and Visual Culture in the Sojourners’ City, 1853-98

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By mapping the city’s native spaces of leisure and everyday life, this book reconstructs the spatial, material, and gender modernity of nineteenth-century Shanghai, giving the reader a window into the social life of late imperial China.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780203852149 ● Publisher Taylor & Francis ● Published 2010 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2296770 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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