Champions day : the end of Old Shanghai / James Carter.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393635942 (hardback); 0393635945 (hardback)Other title: End of Old ShanghaiSubject(s): Shanghai Race Club (Shanghai, China) | Champions' Stakes (Horse racing tournament : Shanghai, China) (1941 Nov. 12) | Horse racing -- China -- Shanghai -- History | Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- China -- Shanghai | World War, 1939-1945 -- China -- Shanghai | Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century | Shanghai (China) -- History -- 19th century | Shanghai (China : International Settlement) -- History | Shanghai (China) -- Race relations -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 951.132 Summary: "A triptych of a single day revealing the history and foreshadowing the future of a complex and cosmopolitan city in a world at war. November 12, 1941: war and revolution are in the air. At the Shanghai Race Club, the city's elite prepare to face off their best horses and most nimble jockeys in the annual Champions Day races. Across town and amid tight security, others celebrated the birth of Sun Yat-Sen in a new city centre meant to challenge European imperialism. Thousands more Shanghai residents from all walks of life attended the funeral of China's wealthiest woman, the Chinese-French widow of a Baghdadi Jewish businessman. But the biggest crowd of all gathered at the track; no one knew it, but Champions Day heralded the end of a European Shanghai. Through this colourful snapshot of the day's events, the rich and complex history that led to them, and a cast of characters as diverse as the city itself, James Carter provides a kaleidoscopic portrait of a time and a place that still speaks to relations between China and the West today"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A triptych of a single day revealing the history and foreshadowing the future of a complex and cosmopolitan city in a world at war. November 12, 1941: war and revolution are in the air. At the Shanghai Race Club, the city's elite prepare to face off their best horses and most nimble jockeys in the annual Champions Day races. Across town and amid tight security, others celebrated the birth of Sun Yat-Sen in a new city centre meant to challenge European imperialism. Thousands more Shanghai residents from all walks of life attended the funeral of China's wealthiest woman, the Chinese-French widow of a Baghdadi Jewish businessman. But the biggest crowd of all gathered at the track; no one knew it, but Champions Day heralded the end of a European Shanghai. Through this colourful snapshot of the day's events, the rich and complex history that led to them, and a cast of characters as diverse as the city itself, James Carter provides a kaleidoscopic portrait of a time and a place that still speaks to relations between China and the West today"--
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