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Shanghai:  The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City, 1842-1949
Shanghai The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City 18421949
Author: Stella Dong
Shanghai at the turn of the twentieth century was the place to be. Opium was all the rage, parties were wild, and decadence was a way of life. Journalist Stella Dong looks back on a city that in its heyday was a thrilling combination of Las Vegas, the Wild West, Paris in the '20s, and Chicago during Prohibition. She captures the excitement of it...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780688157982
ISBN-10: 068815798X
Publication Date: 3/2000
Pages: 336
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Publisher: William Morrow Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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reviewed Shanghai: The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City, 1842-1949 on
very interesting history of the city.


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