TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meng,Yue
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Shanghai and the edges of empires
AV  - DS796.S25 Y8 2006eb
U1  - 951/.132033 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - University of Minnesota Press
KW  - Shanghai (China)
KW  - Civilization
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2008; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10206189
ER  -