Champions Day – The End of Old Shanghai : The End of Old Shanghai
by
James Carter
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0393635945
ISBN-13
9780393635942
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Imprint
WW Norton & Co
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 16th, 2020
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
588 grams
Dimensions
16.60 x 24.40 x 3.30 cms
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A triptych of a single day revealing the history and foreshadowing the future of a complex and cosmopolitan city in a world at war.
12 November 1941: war and revolution are in the air. At the Shanghai Race Club, the elite prepare their best horses and most nimble jockeys for the annual Champions Day races. Across the city and amid tight security, others celebrated the birth of Sun Yat-Sen in a new centre which challenged European imperialism. Thousands more Shanghai residents attended the funeral of China’s wealthiest woman. But the biggest crowd gathered at the track; no one knew it, but Champions Day heralded the end of European Shanghai. Through this 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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