{"product_id":"shanghai-modern-leo-ou-fan-lee-9780674805514","title":"Shanghai Modern: The Flowering of a New Urban Culture in China, 1930-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the midst of China's wild rush to modernize, a surprising note of reality arises: Shanghai, it seems, was once modern indeed, a pulsing center of commerce and art in the heart of the twentieth century. This book immerses us in the golden age of Shanghai urban culture, a modernity at once intrinsically Chinese and profoundly anomalous, blending new and indigenous ideas with those flooding into this \"treaty port\" from the Western world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA preeminent specialist in Chinese studies, Leo Ou-fan Lee gives us a rare wide-angle view of Shanghai culture in the making. He shows us the architecture and urban spaces in which the new commercial culture flourished, then guides us through the publishing and filmmaking industries that nurtured a whole generation of artists and established a bold new style in urban life known as \u003ci\u003emodeng\u003c\/i\u003e. In the work of six writers of the time, particularly Shi Zhecun, Mu Shiying, and Eileen Chang, Lee discloses the reflection of Shanghai's urban landscape--foreign and familiar, oppressive and seductive, traditional and innovative. This work acquires a broader historical and cosmopolitan context with a look at the cultural links between Shanghai and Hong Kong, a virtual genealogy of Chinese modernity from the 1930s to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Ou-Fan Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674805518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674805514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.13w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/1999 pg. 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/1999 pg. 201","brand":"Leo Ou-Fan Lee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925568684287,"sku":"9780674805514","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e6cdc6b6-4666-4d18-8a8f-9e510a06b44e.jpg?v=1681078045","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shanghai-modern-leo-ou-fan-lee-9780674805514","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}