Beyond the Neon Lights: Everyday Shanghai in the Early Twentieth Century by Hanchao Lu

Beyond the Neon Lights: Everyday Shanghai in the Early Twentieth Century

Hanchao Lu

473 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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How did ordinary people live through the extraordinary changes that have swept across modern China? How did peasants transform themselves into urbanites? How did the citizens of Shanghai cope with the epic upheavals—revolution, war, and again revo...

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