Shanghai
a history in photographs, 1842 - today
$58.81
- Paperback
504 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2011
Summary
Shanghai: A Photographic Journey Through Time
The modern city of Shanghai emerged from humble beginnings, both in the soft subsoil upon which it was built and its early economy based on the opium trade.
Forced open to the British by the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, Shanghai defied expectations, transforming into a vibrant metropolis that continues to captivate the contemporary imagination.
Despite civil war, invasion, revolution, and famine, Shanghai has remained a sym…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780670080908 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 067008090X |
| Author: | Heung Liu, Karen Smith |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Viking |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 504 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 2.95kg |
| Dimensions: | 342mm x 260mm x 38mm |
About The Author
Heung Liu
Liu Heung Shing was born in Hong Kong in 1951. He began his career as a photojournalist covering the death of Chairman Mao Zedong in 1976. He was the first Chinese person to win a Pulitzer Prize, for his coverage of the collapse of the USSR. Liu is the author of China After Mao (Penguin, 1982), USSR: Collapse of an Empire (Associated Press, 1992), and editor of China, Portrait of a Country (Taschen, 2008). He has been named as one of the 100 most influential figures in contemporary history by Photo magazine.
Karen Smith is the foremost authority on contemporary Chinese art, and is an art historian, curator, and collector. She was the curator of many high profile exhibitions, including The Real Thing (Tate Liverpool, 2007) and Chinese Photography and Video (Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg). Smith is the author of Nine Lives: The Birth of Avant-Garde Art in New China (Scalo, 2006). She lives in Beijing, where she is involved in numerous philanthropic projects.
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