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Shanghai

The Story of China's Most Dynamic City
By Michael Dillon
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A comprehensive new history of Shanghai, revealing its vital place in Chinese history and politics across the centuries. Home to 25 million people, Shanghai is the most populous and wealthiest city in China. A meeting point between China and the wider world, the city has become... Read More
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A comprehensive new history of Shanghai, revealing its vital place in Chinese history and politics across the centuries

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A comprehensive new history of Shanghai, revealing its vital place in Chinese history and politics across the centuries.

Home to 25 million people, Shanghai is the most populous and wealthiest city in China. A meeting point between China and the wider world, the city has become the beating heart of Chinese capitalism, a place of initiative, confidence, and forward-thinking. It is a city of stark contradictions, suffused with both extreme wealth and poverty, luxury living, and a highly organised criminal underworld.

Michael Dillon explores the full history of Shanghai, from its origins as a small fishing village to the bustling financial hub of today. The city has been central to some of the most turbulent events in China's modern history, from the British and French colonial concessions of the nineteenth century, to the birth of the Chinese Communist Party and its vital role in Chinese economics and politics today. Shanghai is a fascinating portrait of China's most dynamic city—and explores its future role in the country's development.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300270631

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 June 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 25 color illus. + 3 maps

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 352

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Asian History History & Archaeology History & Military Michael Dillon Non-Fiction

About the Author

Michael Dillon is professor of history and an affiliate of King’s College London’s Lau China Institute. An expert on modern Chinese history, politics, and society, he is the author of numerous books, including We Need to Talk About Xi, a history of modern China, and biographies of Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping.

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