77 records matched your query
02670aam a22004338i 4500 001 122ACE06D61811EAA956BD2F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200804010125 008 200417s2020 nyu 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020005988 020 $a 0393635945 020 $a 9780393635942 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-cc-sm 050 00 $a DS796.S257 $b C37 2020 082 00 $a 951/.132042 $2 23 100 1 $a Carter, James Hugh, $e author. 245 10 $a Champions day : $b the end of Old Shanghai / $c James Carter. 246 30 $a End of Old Shanghai 250 $a First edition. 260 $a New York, NY : $b W.W. Norton & Company, $c [2020] 263 $a 2006 300 $a 340 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "A triptych of a single day revealing the history and foreshadowing the future of a complex and cosmopolitan city in a world at war. November 12, 1941: war and revolution are in the air. At the Shanghai Race Club, the city's elite prepare to face off their best horses and most nimble jockeys in the annual Champions Day races. Across town and amid tight security, others celebrated the birth of Sun Yat-Sen in a new city center meant to challenge European imperialism. Thousands more Shanghai residents from all walks of life attended the funeral of China's wealthiest woman, the Chinese-French widow of a Baghdadi Jewish businessman. But the biggest crowd of all gathered at the track; no one knew it, but Champions Day heralded the end of a European Shanghai. Through this colorful snapshot of the day's events, the rich and complex history that led to them, and a cast of characters as diverse as the city itself, James Carter provides a kaleidoscopic portrait of a time and a place that still speaks to relations between China and the West today"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Shanghai Race Club (Shanghai, China) 611 20 $a Champions' Stakes (Horse racing tournament : Shanghai, China) $d (1941 Nov. 12) 650 0 $a Horse racing $z Shanghai $z Shanghai $x History. 650 0 $a Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 $z Shanghai. $z Shanghai. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Shanghai. $z Shanghai. 651 0 $a Shanghai (China) $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Shanghai (China) $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Shanghai (China : International Settlement) $x History. 651 0 $a Shanghai (China) $x Race relations $y 20th century. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201103022002.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200804015257.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=122ACE06D61811EAA956BD2F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search