Global Shanghai, 1850û2010: A History in

This book explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided treaty port in the 1840s, and looking forward to its upcoming hosting of China's first World's Fair, the 2010 Expo. As such, Global Shanghai is a lively and informative read for students and scholars of Chinese studies and urban studies and anyone interested in the history of Shanghai. Book jacket.

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom is a Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, USA.

List of figures	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
1850: The birth of a newspaper	p. 21
1875: Putting the city on the map	p. 34
1900: A year of fire and sword	p. 48
1925: A city in the streets	p. 62
1950: An in-between year	p. 77
1975: The East was Red	p. 94
2000: A city in a hurry	p. 109
Conclusion: Ten theses on twenty-first-century Shanghai	p. 124
Suggestions for further reading	p. 141
Notes	p. 147
Index	p. 167
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