Getting Stuck in For Shanghai
Putting the Kibosh on the Kaiser from theBund: The British at Shanghai and the Great War: Penguin Specials
- Paperback
138 pages
- Release Date
22 July 2014
Summary
In this First World War Special, historian Robert Bickers explores the contradictions, patriotic fervour and battlefield experiences of the largest contingent of Shanghai Britons to fight the Kaiser’s forces in Europe.After 1914, between tiffin and a day at the race track, the British in Shanghai enjoyed a life far removed from the horrors of the Great War. Shanghai’s status as a treaty port - with its foreign concessions home to expatriates from every corner of the globe - made it the most c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143800293 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143800299 |
| Author: | Robert Bickers |
| Publisher: | Penguin China |
| Imprint: | Penguin China |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 138 |
| Release Date: | 22 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 92g |
| Dimensions: | 182mm x 117mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Penguin Specials |
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About The Author
Robert Bickers
Robert Bickers is Professor of History and Director of the ‘Historical Photographs of China’ project at the University of Bristol. He is the author of Empire Made Me- An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai and The Scramble for China- Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914.
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