Shanghai Grand : forbidden love and international intrigue on the eve of the Second World War

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"On the eve of WWII, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth century's most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the fabulously wealthy Sir Victor Sassoon. Emily 'Mickey' Hahn was a legendary New Yorker journalist whose vivid writing played a crucial role in opening Western eyes to the realities of life in China. At the height of the Depression, Hahn arrived in Shanghai after a disappointing a...

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ISBN:

9781443425537
9781250049711

Edition:

First Canadian edition

Description:

xv, 455 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map ; 24 cm

Notes:

Canadiana
"First published in the United Kingdom by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Map: Shanghai, 1935
Prologue: Zhujiajiao Water Town, Shanghai Municipality, March 28, 2014
Part 1
Shanghai, January 28, 1932
Where China Meets the World
The Sassoon Gamble
Part 2
St. Louis, 27 May 1916
The Flapper's Progress
Shanghai Grand
Mickey Checks In
On the Shanghai Beat
Part 3
Shanghai, April 12, 1935
Cathay and the Muse
The Fantastic Mr. Pan
Cosmopolis-on-the-Whangpoo
Part 4
Shanghai, November 3, 1936
The Rise of the Dwarf Bandits
Sweetie Pie Goes to Nanking
Part 5
Shanghai, August 14, 1937
After Saturday
The Solitary Island
Waking from the Doze
Part 6
Shanghai, August 1, 1941
The Last Light in a Dark World
Check-Out Time
Settling the Bill
Epilogue

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1621444

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