Champions Day

End of Old Shanghai

Champions Day
James Carter
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Hardback
h244 x 165mm - 352pg
7 Jul 2020 US
International import eta 10-30 days
9780393635942
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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 center 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 colorful snapshotof 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.
Champions Day is the work of a seasoned China specialist in top form, delivering engrossing stories, engaging arguments, and enticing details--a cultural history trifecta.--Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, author of Global Shanghai 1850-2010 and Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink
Champions Day is the work of a seasoned China specialist in top form, delivering engrossing stories, engaging arguments, and enticing details--a cultural history trifecta.--Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, author of Global Shanghai 1850-2010 and Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink
James Carter, professor of history at Saint Joseph's University, is the author of two previous books on Chinese history and is a Fellow of the National Committee on US-China Relations. He lives in Ewing, New Jersey.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780393635942
Published: 7 Jul 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Height: 244mm
Width: 165mm
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 575g
Pages: 352

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