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| 說明 | 339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| 文字 | text |
| 無媒介 | unmediated |
| 成冊 | volume |
| 附註 | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-321) and index |
| Prologue: A scandal in the city -- Shanghai, democracy, and the empty republic -- The new woman, the ghost, and the ubiquitous concubine -- Long live the republic, long live the stock exchange -- Morality and justice in an unsettled republic -- A public without a republic? |
| "When a young woman killed herself in the office she shared with her employer in 1920s Shanghai, the city reeled in shock. Xi Shangzhen became a symbol of the failures of the Chinese Republic as well as the broken promises of citizens' rights, gender equality, and financial prosperity that were betokened by liberal democracy and capitalism"-- Provided by publisher |
| 主題 | Xi, Shangzhen |
| Democracy -- China -- Shanghai -- History |
| Sexism -- China -- Shanghai -- History |
| Stock exchanges -- China -- Shanghai -- History |
| Civil rights -- China -- Shanghai -- History |
| Shanghai (China) -- History |
| Shanghai (China) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century |
| China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949 |
| ISBN/ISSN | 9780674248823 (hbk.) |
| 0674248821 (hbk.) |
