"A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies"--Jacket.
The material turn
The state in commerce
Visual politics and Shanghai glamour
The clock and the compound
Enlightened paternalism
Petty urbanites and tales of woe
From patriarchs to capitalists
Epilogue: the return of the banker.
Shanghai splendor : economic sentiments and the making of modern China, 1843-1949 by Wen-Hsin Yeh. ISBN 9780520249714. Published by University of California Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.