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Shanghai and the edges of empires

by Meng, Yue,

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Published by : University of Minnesota Press, (Minneapolis :) Physical details: xxx, 295 p. : ill., maps.

Subject(s): Shanghai (China) -- Civilization -- 19th century. | Shanghai (China) -- Civilization -- 20th century. | Electronic books.

Year: 2006

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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.

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