SHANGHAI.

SERGEANT, Harriet.

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ISBN 10: 0224028162 ISBN 13: 9780224028165

Published by Jonathan Cape,, London,, 1990

Language: English

Condition: Fine Hardcover

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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Original publishers red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. ISBN: 0224028162 Pages: 384 Fine in fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # C89757

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Title: SHANGHAI.

Publisher: Jonathan Cape,, London,

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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Shanghai

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In a spellbinding portrait of Shanghai in the 1920s and '30s, English writer Sergeant (The Old Sow in the Back Room) digs past the familiar image of a vice-ridden Westernized enclave and uncovers a city of many identities. Her Shanghai is an oasis of native artistic experiment; an unregulated refuge for international business where children worked 14-hour days; the center of...

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