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The Old Shanghai A-Z

Author :  Paul French

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Country
Hong Kong
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press, Aberdeen, Hong Kong
ISBN 9789888028894
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2010
Bib. Info 252 p.; 5.5x8
Categories China / History / Regional Trade, Natural History, Travel
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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 incarnation, 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-Z should 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.

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