Meng, Yue,  1956- <br/><br/>
Shanghai and the edges of empires  [electronic resource] / 
Meng Yue. 
 - Minneapolis :  University of Minnesota Press,  c2006. 
 - xxx, 295 p. :  ill., maps. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: the border of histories -- Part I. Cosmic and semiotic centers of knowledge -- 1. The shifting locations of the translation of science -- 2. Semiotic modernity: the politics of philology and compilation -- Part II. The carnival and the radical -- 3. Urban festivity as a disruptive history -- 4. In search of a habitable globe -- Part III. Interiors projecting the globe -- 5. Reenvisioning the urban interior: gardens and the paradox of the public sphere -- 6. The rise of an entertainment cosmopolitanism -- Conclusion: Chinese cosmopolitanism repositioned. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA590524  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Shanghai (China)--Civilization--19th century.<br/>Shanghai (China)--Civilization--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS796.S25  / Y8 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951/.132033