Shanghai : The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City 1842-1949
by Stella Dong
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Author: Stella DongEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-06-01
ISBN: 0060934816
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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- ISBN13: 9780060934811
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Book Review: A Miniture of Old Shanghai....
Summary: 5 Stars
How happy I am to find and read this book! I have to say I love it a lot, not only because I am Shanghainese, but more important is the insights of Old Shanghai that the book presented to me.
Stella is like story teller who guided me through my home town of her most legendary age....
Yes, Shanghai is a legend for China and other Asian cities, being the 'Paris of the Far East' in the 1930s, 'Safe home for Jews' during the World War II, 'Isolated island' at civil war....too much to mention about the Old Shanghai, as Chinese people called it, the 'Dream land for Adventurers'...
There are many books writen about old Shanghai. However, different from Ellen Chang who wrote about love stories in old Shanghai, I can surely Stella Dong as an excellent historian, and this book is a must for Old Shanghai lovers(like me :-)
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