{"product_id":"shanghai-michael-dillon-9780300270631","title":"Shanghai: The Story of China's Most Dynamic City","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive new history of Shanghai, revealing its vital place in Chinese history and politics across the centuries\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Home to 25 million people, Shanghai is the most populous and wealthiest city in China. A meeting point between China and the wider world, the city has become the beating heart of Chinese capitalism, a place of initiative, confidence, and forward thinking. It is a city of stark contradictions, suffused with both extreme wealth and poverty, luxury living, and a highly organised criminal underworld. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Michael Dillon explores the full history of Shanghai, from its origins as a small fishing village to the bustling financial hub of today. The city has been central to some of the most turbulent events in China's modern history, from the British and French colonial concessions of the nineteenth century, to the birth of the Chinese Communist Party and its vital role in Chinese economics and politics today. \u003ci\u003eShanghai\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating portrait of China's most dynamic city--and explores its future role in the country's development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Dillon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300270631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300270631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Michael Dillon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48460244091135,"sku":"9780300270631","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8dd9c5b5-1c3a-4adf-9b4d-95f8fc2cad06.jpg?v=1777413484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shanghai-michael-dillon-9780300270631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}