Download or read book Rediscover Shanghai on the Yangzi Delta A Historical Dictionary of China s Most Important City from A to Z written by and published by Shanghai. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book is based on the text from two previous books I wrote about this city, Discover Shanghai (2010), and Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta (2004), both issued by the same publisher in Singapore. This current project started in October 2017. It was originally intended to be simply a reprint or reissue of the previous volumes without any changes, but instead evolved into a more than year-long complete update and revision of the text that lasted throughout all of 2018 and on into the Spring Festival of 2019. The new text has been completely updated and revised, and is now fully bilingual with both phonetic pinyin and Chinese characters provided for Chinese names of significant people, places, and events.The text begins with an introductory historical narrative in chronological order.After that the contents are presented in alphabetical order from A to Z, as they were in Discover Shanghai (2010), hence the subtitle, "A Historical Dictionary of China's Most Important City." The Appendix includes a list of Shanghai's mayors and a historical street index which can be used to match the present-day street names with the names they had before 1949. There all new photos that have never been published before. However, the text has become so long that most of the photos will need to be in a separate Volume II.This Vol. I contains an appendix containing a collection of historic maps of Shanghai.
Download or read book Shanghai written by Alexander Holmes and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ?Growth of the City? series looks at the history of important world cities, charting their growth and changing fortunes from earliest times through to today. Using contemporary maps, paintings, etchings, woodcuts, and photographs, the series provides a visual appreciation of each city?s growth. It also looks at the difficulties so many cities find in the way of prosperity - most often external forces in the form of military invasion or bombardment, but also the devastating natural killers: fire, flood, plague, or earthquake.Situated on the banks of the Yangtze River delta, Shanghai is China?s largest city?the eighth largest in the world.The city saw major growth in the 19th century, its strategic position making it an ideal location for trade with the West. Shanghai is still one of the world?s busiest ports: it became the largest cargo port in the world in 2005. One of China?s most important cultural, commercial, financial, industrial, and communications centers, it is characterized by its vibrant architecture.
Download or read book Global Shanghai 1850 2010 written by Jeffrey N Wasserstrom and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-11-25 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The History of Shanghai written by George Lanning and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Interesting History of Shanghai written by Emily Stehr and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interesting History of Shanghai Word Origin and History of Shanghai:
Download or read book Historic Shanghai Classic Reprint written by C. A. Montalto de Jesus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historic Shanghai IT has long been an anomaly, if not a reproach, that such an important city as Shanghai should have had its history neglected and unwritten in spite of its having been the starting point of many an epoch-making movement in the remoulding of China's foreign intercourse. From an international point of view Shanghai may well be regarded as the most interesting exponent of the system whereby foreign communities at the treaty ports are constituted into exterritorial and municipal settlements, - quaint little republics fraught with. Significance not only as pledge of concerted action among foreign powers, but also as an object-lesson of modern civilisation among the benighted millions of China. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Short History of Shanghai written by Francis Lister Hawks Pott and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the basics of staying clean and avoiding germs in your personal day-to-day cleaning regimen.
Download or read book The New Yangzi River Trilogy written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shanghai written by Stella Dong and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-05-22 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformed from a swampland wilderness into a dazzling, modern–day Babylon, the Shanghai that predated Mao‘s cultural revolution was a city like no other: redolent with opium and underworld crime, booming with foreign trade, blessed with untold wealth and marred by abject squalor. Journalist Stella Dong captures all the exoticism, extremes, and excitement of this legendary city as if it were a larger–than–life character in a fantastic novel.
Download or read book Discover Shanghai written by Eric N. Danielson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shanghai, China's largest city, located along the mouth of the Yangzi River has a rich cultural history. One of the first Chinese cities opened to the West in the 19th century, Shanghai flourished as a centre of trade, business and culture. Discover Shanghai will showcase the best of these attractions and their origins. Covers the entire municipality, from Chongming Island and Baoshan in the north to Songjiang and Qingpu in the south, Jiading in the west, and Pudong in the east. Evenly balances the old and the new, the traditional Chinese culture with European colonial heritage and reveals the city's rich cultural heritage, guiding you to its hidden architectural gems, and unmasking secrets of its historic development that help explain how it got to be the way it is today. Learn more about the famous celebrities who once lived here, such as Sun Zhongshan, Lu Xun, Song Qingling, Song Jiaoren, and Xu Guangqi, Huang Jinrong, and Du Yuesheng. Discoveris a series of introductory books covering the history, culture, arts and heritage of major cities around the world. Each book contains alphabetically ordered entries with concise and relevant information on the defining features of a city. Colour and archival photographs illustrate the entries. The informative snippets are meticulously researched and specially selected to provide an overview of the main characteristics of a city. The images provide a valuable visual tool for the reader to have a better understanding of the subjects discussed. Filled with interesting facts and beautiful images, the Discoverseries of books is your ideal reference to the significant places, events and traditions of cities around the world.
Download or read book China Briefing s Business Guide to Shanghai The Yangtze River Delta written by and published by China Briefing Media, Ltd.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shanghai and the Yangtze Delta written by Brian Hook and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each book in this series focuses on a single province in China, and examines its history, government, geography, human resources, and economic development. This third volume explores the prominence of this strategic and important historical city and the Yangtze valley.
Download or read book Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta written by Eric N. Danielson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Old Shanghai A Z written by Paul French and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly anecdotal guide to every street in Shanghai details many landmarks and stories associated with its best-known avenues. A definitive index to the street names of Shanghai, some of which have disappeared or been removed, allows historians, researchers, tourists, and the just plain curious to navigate the city in its pre-1949 incarnations, through the former International Settlement, French Concession, and External Roads area with a detailed map and alphabetical entry for every road. The book is lavishly illustrated with old advertising, images, and postcards of the streets and businesses, the bars and nightclubs, the people and characters of old Shanghai bringing alive the city in its previous heyday as the Pearl of the Orient.The Old Shanghai A-Zshould become the standard reference work as well as being an easy-to-use guide for researchers and visitors looking to recapture the glamour and uniqueness of old Shanghai. Paul Frenchis an analyst and writer who has worked in Shanghai for many years as a founder of Access Asia. His books includeCarl Crow: A Tough Old China HandandThrough the Looking Glass: China's Foreign Journalists from Opium War to Mao.
Download or read book History of Shanghai written by Wander Stories and published by WanderStories. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Traveler, Welcome to the WanderStories™ History of Shanghai as told by the best local guide. Welcome to Shanghai, the largest city proper in both China and the world. It is one of the major financial centers for Asia and home to one of the world’s busiest ports. Its history goes back for thousands of years, though it is perhaps not until the last thousand or so that Shanghai has been of any significance except to its inhabitants. For centuries a major administrative, shipping, and trading town, Shanghai grew in importance in the 19th century due to European recognition of its favorable port location and economic potential. The city was one of several opened to foreign trade following the British victory over China in the First Opium War, which allowed the establishment of the Shanghai International Settlement. The city then flourished as a center of commerce between East and West, and became the undisputed financial hub of the Asia Pacific in the 1930s. Today, Shanghai is a popular tourist destination. It has been described as the showpiece of the booming economy of China. There is only one thing to do now – visit! We, at WanderStories™, are storytellers. We don’t tell you where to eat or sleep, we don’t intend to replace a typical travel reference guide. Our mission is to be the best local guide that you would wish to have by your side when visiting the sights. So, we meet you at the sight and take you on a tour. WanderStories™ travel guides are unique because our storytelling style puts you alongside the best local guide who tells you fascinating stories and unusual facts recreating the passion and sacrifice that forged the beauty of these places right here in front of you, while a wealth of high quality photos, historic pictures, and illustrations brings your tour vividly to life. Our promise: • when you visit Shanghai with this travel guide you will have the best local guide at your fingertips • when you read this travel guide in the comfort of your armchair you will feel as if you are actually visiting Shanghai with the best local guide Let’s go! Your guide, WanderStories
Download or read book Shanghai written by Stella Dong and published by Perennial. This book was released on with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captures the exoticism, extremes and excitement of this legendary city.
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Shanghai written by Simon Lewis and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Shanghai is the ultimate insider's guide to China's brash new mega city. Having hosted the extravagant 2010 world expo Shanghai is muscling forward to take its place alongside such financial powerhouses as Tokyo and London. But it's no longer just about China's rising business clout; in everything from fashion and art to cutting-edge architecture, Shanghai is making waves. All the major and off beat sights of this notoriously fast-changing city are covered in this fully-revised third edition, from the glorious, newly renovated Bund, set to become China's Champs Elysee, to huge new cultural markers such as the Power Station of Art, to chic shopping district Tianzifang. Cutting through the hype, this guide reveals the best places to shop, from malls to backstreet tailors; to sleep, whether you want a youth hostel, trendy boutique hotel or luxury pad; and to eat, from the glitziest destination restaurants to the best street dumplings. For when the pace of the city gets too frantic, there's all you need to know for great daytrips to tranquil canal towns such as Wuzhen or Suzhou. Easy to read, full-colour maps are provided throughout the guide, plus there's a handy subway map, and the pinyin and Chinese characters are given for all attractions and venues. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Shanghai. Now available in PDF format.
