Champions Day
The End of Old Shanghai
12 November 1941: war and revolution are in the air. At the Shanghai Race Club, the elite prepare their best horses and most nimble jockeys for the annual Champions Day races. Across the city and amid tight security, others celebrated the birth of Sun Yat-Sen in a new centre which challenged European imperialism. Thousands more Shanghai residents attended the funeral of China's wealthiest woman. But the biggest crowd gathered at the track; no one knew it, but Champions Day heralded the end of European Shanghai. Through this snapshot of the day's events, the rich and complex history that led to them and a cast of characters as diverse as the c…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-393-63594-2
- EAN: 9780393635942
- Produktnummer: 32701161
- Verlag: WW Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H16.6 cm x B24.4 cm x D3.3 cm 588 g
- Abbildungen: 53 illustrations
- Gewicht: 588
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
James Carter, professor of history at Saint Joseph's University, is the author of two previous books on Chinese history and is a Fellow of the National Committee on US-China Relations. He lives in Ewing, New Jersey.
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