{"product_id":"9780670080908","title":"Shanghai","description":"Author: Shing, Liu Heung\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780670080908\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin China\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 May 2011\u003cbr\u003ePages: 504 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe modern city of Shanghai rose up from truly P#39;muddyP#39; origins, both in the soft subsoil its foundations were build upon and its early economy based on a trade in opium, or P#39;foreign mudP#39;.P#160; Forced open to the British by the unequal Treaty of Nanking in 1842, Shanghai did what it does best: it beat the odds to become a P#39;bawdy and gaudyP#39; metropolis that, 168 years later, commands a place in the contemporary imagination unlike any other city.Plt;brPgt;Despite civil war, invasion, revolution and famine, Shanghai has continued to be a byword for style, culture, business and opportunity, leading the way for ChinaP#39;s ongoing boom.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;ShanghaiPlt;\/iPgt;Plt;iPgt;: A History in Photographs, 1842-TodayPlt;\/iPgt; unravels the origins of todayP#39;s Shanghai, exploring the forces that shaped the city through rare archive photographs, images from private collections, and original commissions from the worldP#39;s top contemporary photographers.P#160; This is the story of China-told through the prism of the countryP#39;s most international city.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;With a forward by Paul French.Plt;brPgt;","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48135658733726,"sku":"UBD-9780670080908","price":59.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780670080908.jpg?v=1786626514","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780670080908","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}