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      Modern China in Flux

      Modern China in Flux heralds a transformative epoch in historical research, spotlighting the innovative methodology of network analysis. As the digital age unfolds, historians encounter both an unparalleled opportunity and…

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      Scythe and the City: A Social History of Death in Shanghai

      Christian Henriot

      The issue of death has loomed large in Chinese cities in the modern era. Throughout the Republican period, Shanghai swallowed up lives by the thousands. Exposed bodies strewn around in…

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      New Frontiers: Imperialism’s New Communities in East Asia, 1842-1953

      Examines European, American and Japanese communities in China and Korea, and challenges received notions of agency and collaboration by also looking at the roles in China of British and Japanese…

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      Prostitution and Sexuality in Shanghai: A Social History, 1849-1949

      Christian Henriot (Lumiere-Lyon II University)

      Henriot portrays the Chinese sex trade in Shanghai, from the sophisticated life of the courtesan to the world of street prostitution. At the crossroads of social and intellectual history, this…

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      Visualising China, 1845-1965: Life/Still images in Historical Narratives

      In Visualizing China, the authors launch a broad inquiry aimed at a synergistic understanding of the story of visuality in modern China. The essays cluster around several nodal points including…

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      In the Shadow of the Rising Sun: Shanghai under Japanese Occupation

      This 2004 volume offers an evaluation of the strategic significance of the Shanghai economy in the Pacific War. It also draws attention to the feminisation of urban public discourse against…

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      The Population of Shanghai (1865-1953): A Sourcebook

      Christian Henriot,Lu SHI,Charlotte Aubrun

      The Population of Shanghai (1865-1953) is the first systematic reconstruction of the demographic series of the population of Shanghai from the mid-nineteenth century to 1953 based on a thorough exploration…

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      Knowledge, Power, and Networks: Elites in Transition in Modern China

      This volume examines the formidable transformation of elites in China in the Republican period and how the redistribution of power, wealth and knowledge among the newly formed elites left a…

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      In the Shadow of the Rising Sun: Shanghai under Japanese Occupation

      Allison Rottmann

      This book discusses the various responses of ordinary people in Shanghai to Japanese occupation.

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