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The Dianshizhai pictorial : Shanghai urban life, 1884-1898 / Ye Xiaoqing.

Title
The Dianshizhai pictorial : Shanghai urban life, 1884-1898 / Ye Xiaoqing.
Author
Ye, Xiaoqing.
Publication
Ann Arbor : Center for Chinese Studies, the University of Michigan, c2003.

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Description
249 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Michigan monographs in Chinese studies, 1081-9053 ; v. 98
Uniform Title
Michigan monographs in Chinese studies no. 98.
Alternative Title
Shanghai urban life, 1884-1898
Subject
  • 1875-1908
  • Illustrated periodicals > China
  • China > History > Guangxu, 1875-1908 > Pictorial works
  • Shanghai (China) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Pictorial works
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-245) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Part one: a brief history of the Dianshizhai Pictorial. The Shenbao and the Dianshizhai -- The Shanghai literati -- The nature of the Dianshizhai -- Part two: Shanghai: old city, new city. Roads and transportation -- Water supply and hygiene -- Gas and electricity for public lighting -- Urban life in the settlements -- Immigrants to Shanghai -- Conflicting legal systems -- Law enforcements in the settlements -- Part three: a new urban culture. The Shanghai attitude towards things foreign -- Concepts of health and the human body -- Changes in the pattern of human relations -- Relations between the sexes -- Challenges to the traditional socia order -- Vagrants and criminals -- Part four: religious practices. Official attitues -- Attitude of the literati -- Organizers of religious activities -- Social environment and its effect.
ISBN
0892641622 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2002074134
OCLC
  • 50227803
  • SCSB-12800545
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library