In the Shadow of the Rising Sun

Klappentext The authors of this volume examine the Chinese War of Resistance against the Japanese in the Shanghai area. Zusammenfassung This 2004 volume offers an evaluation of the strategic significance of the Shanghai economy in the Pacific War. It also draws attention to the feminisation of urban public discourse against the backdrop of intensified violence. The essays capture the last moments of European settlements in Shanghai under Japanese occupation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction Christian Henriot; Part I: 1. Shanghai industries under Japanese occupation Christian Henriot; 2. Chinese capitalists in wartime Shanghai 1937-45 Parks M. Coble; 3. Marketing medicine across enemy lines Sherman Cochran; 4. Crossing enemy lines Allison Rottmann; 5. Shanghai Smuggling Frederic Wakeman; Part II: 6. The Great Way government of Shanghai Timothy Brook; 7. Resistance and cooperation Brian G. Martin; 8. From revenge to treason Alain Roux; 9. Settlers and diplomats Robert Bickers; 10. The bumpy end of the French concession and French influence in Shanghai Christine Cornet; Part III: 11. Back to business as usual Carlton Benson; 12. 'Women's Culture of Resistance' Susan Glosser; 13. Fashioning public intellectuals Nicole Huang; 14. Women and wartime Shanghai Paul G. Pickowicz; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Allison Rottman, Allison Rottmann
• Assisted by: Christian Henriot (Editor), Wen-Hsin Yeh (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2004
• EAN: 9780521822213
• ISBN: 978-0-521-82221-3
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Cambridge Modern China Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science