Meng, Yue, 1956-
Shanghai and the edges of empires [electronic resource] / Meng Yue. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2006. - xxx, 295 p. : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index.
Introduction: the border of histories -- Part I. Cosmic and semiotic centers of knowledge -- 1. The shifting locations of the translation of science -- 2. Semiotic modernity: the politics of philology and compilation -- Part II. The carnival and the radical -- 3. Urban festivity as a disruptive history -- 4. In search of a habitable globe -- Part III. Interiors projecting the globe -- 5. Reenvisioning the urban interior: gardens and the paradox of the public sphere -- 6. The rise of an entertainment cosmopolitanism -- Conclusion: Chinese cosmopolitanism repositioned.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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GBA590524 bnb
Uk
Shanghai (China)--Civilization--19th century.
Shanghai (China)--Civilization--20th century.
Electronic books.
DS796.S25 / Y8 2006eb
951/.132033
Shanghai and the edges of empires [electronic resource] / Meng Yue. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2006. - xxx, 295 p. : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index.
Introduction: the border of histories -- Part I. Cosmic and semiotic centers of knowledge -- 1. The shifting locations of the translation of science -- 2. Semiotic modernity: the politics of philology and compilation -- Part II. The carnival and the radical -- 3. Urban festivity as a disruptive history -- 4. In search of a habitable globe -- Part III. Interiors projecting the globe -- 5. Reenvisioning the urban interior: gardens and the paradox of the public sphere -- 6. The rise of an entertainment cosmopolitanism -- Conclusion: Chinese cosmopolitanism repositioned.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA590524 bnb
Uk
Shanghai (China)--Civilization--19th century.
Shanghai (China)--Civilization--20th century.
Electronic books.
DS796.S25 / Y8 2006eb
951/.132033