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Tales of Old Shanghai: The Glorious Past of China's Greatest City

Graham Earnshaw

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The old Shanghai was a rich and cosmopolitan mixture of East and West and this engaging book offers a glimpse into that world through an assortment of photographs, newspaper clippings, cartoons, stamps, and other collectibles. Evoking different eras, this record also contains vintage advertisements, excerpts from travel guides, flyers handed out to ex-pats highlighting Shanghai’s international atmosphere, and often hilarious firsthand accounts from those who had the opportunity to live in or pass through this bustling trade port. The scrapbook format allows readers to either read from the start or flip through to any page to learn of the extraordinary layers and depth of the old-world city.

Language: English

Pages: 149

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Earnshaw Books

Release: April 01, 2012

ISBN: 9881762111

ISBN 13: 9789881762115

Tales of Old Shanghai: The Glorious Past of China's Greatest City

Graham Earnshaw

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The old Shanghai was a rich and cosmopolitan mixture of East and West and this engaging book offers a glimpse into that world through an assortment of photographs, newspaper clippings, cartoons, stamps, and other collectibles. Evoking different eras, this record also contains vintage advertisements, excerpts from travel guides, flyers handed out to ex-pats highlighting Shanghai’s international atmosphere, and often hilarious firsthand accounts from those who had the opportunity to live in or pass through this bustling trade port. The scrapbook format allows readers to either read from the start or flip through to any page to learn of the extraordinary layers and depth of the old-world city.

Language: English

Pages: 149

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Earnshaw Books

Release: April 01, 2012

ISBN: 9881762111

ISBN 13: 9789881762115

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