Port of last resort: diaspora communities of Shanghai
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Port of last resort: diaspora communities of Shanghai
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number951.132004924/0012
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]05354
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Stanford, California, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Stanford University Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2001
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]380p.,index,bibliography
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Book
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0804738408
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Examines two diaspora communities, one Jewish and the other Slavic, which found refuge in Shanghai during the period 1900-1950. Describes their different experiences and responses to the severe political, social, economic and cultural challenges they faced as they struggled to survive and build a life in this Chinese open port