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099 _a951.132
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100 1 _aCarter, James Hugh,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aChampions day :
_bthe end of Old Shanghai /
_cJames Carter.
246 3 0 _aEnd of Old Shanghai.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bW.W. Norton & Company,
_c[2020]
264 4 _c©2020.
300 _aviii, 340 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm.
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent.
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"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"--
610 2 0 _aShanghai Race Club (Shanghai, China)
_9124133
611 2 0 _aChampions' Stakes (Horse racing tournament : Shanghai, China)
_d(1941 Nov. 12)
_9124134
650 0 _aHorse racing
_zChina
_zShanghai
_xHistory.
_9124135
650 0 _aSino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
_zChina
_zShanghai.
_9124136
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zChina
_zShanghai.
_9124137
651 0 _aShanghai (China)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9124138
651 0 _aShanghai (China)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_9124139
651 0 _aShanghai (China : International Settlement)
_xHistory.
_9124140
651 0 _aShanghai (China)
_xRace relations
_y20th century.
_9124141
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_p$30.51
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