Shanghai and the edges of empires - ECU Libraries Catalog

Shanghai and the edges of empires / Meng Yue.

Author/creator	Meng, Yue, 1956-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2006.
Description	xxx, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Shanghai (China)--Civilization --19th century. Shanghai (China)--Civilization --20th century.

Contents	Introduction: the border of histories -- Part I. Cosmic and semiotic centers of knowledge -- 1. The shifting locations of the translation of science -- 2. Semiotic modernity: the politics of philology and compilation -- Part II. The carnival and the radical -- 3. Urban festivity as a disruptive history -- 4. In search of a habitable globe -- Part III. Interiors projecting the globe -- 5. Reenvisioning the urban interior: gardens and the paradox of the public sphere -- 6. The rise of an entertainment cosmopolitanism -- Conclusion: Chinese cosmopolitanism repositioned.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index.
LCCN	2005037318
ISBN	0816644128 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN	0816644136 (pb)
ISBN	9780816644124
ISBN	9780816644131

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DS796.S25 Y8 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold