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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 47 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Paul Heitsch. |
| Summary |
How a single day revealed the history and foreshadowed the future of Shanghai. It is November 12, 1941, and the world is at war. In Shanghai, just weeks before Pearl Harbor, thousands celebrate the birthday of China's founding father, Sun Yat-sen, in a new city center built to challenge European imperialism. Across town, crowds of Shanghai residents from all walks of life attend the funeral of China's wealthiest woman, the Chinese-French widow of a Baghdadi Jewish businessman whose death was symbolic of the passing of a generation that had seen Shanghai's rise to global prominence. But it is the racetrack that attracts the largest crowd of all. At the center of the International Settlement, the heart of Western colonization-but also of Chinese progressivism, art, commerce, cosmopolitanism, and celebrity-Champions Day unfolds, drawing tens of thousands of Chinese spectators and Europeans alike to bet on the horses. In a sharp and lively snapshot of the day's events, James Carter recaptures the complex history of Old Shanghai. Champions Day is a kaleidoscopic portrait of city poised for revolution. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century.
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Shanghai (China) -- History -- 19th century.
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Shanghai (China : International Settlement) -- History.
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Shanghai (China) -- Race relations -- 20th century.
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Shanghai Race Club (Shanghai, China)
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Horse racing -- China -- Shanghai -- History.
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Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- China -- Shanghai.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- China -- Shanghai.
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| Added Author |
Heitsch, Paul, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781684579112 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1684579112 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13340923 |
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