Shanghai: Growth of the City

Name: Shanghai: Growth of the City
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ISBN: 9781906347451

ISBN-10: 190634745X

ISBN-13: 9781906347451

Edition: 2008

Authors: Alexander Holmes

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The ?Growth of the City? series looks at the history of important world cities, charting their growth and changing fortunes from earliest times through to today. Using contemporary maps, paintings, etchings, woodcuts, and photographs, the series provides a visual appreciation of each city?s growth. It also looks at the difficulties so many cities find in the way of prosperity - most often external forces in the form of military invasion or bombardment, but also the devastating natural killers: fire, flood, plague, or earthquake.Situated on the banks of the Yangtze River delta, Shanghai is China?s largest city?the eighth largest in the world.The city saw major growth in the 19th century, its…

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List price: $9.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Book Sales
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 160
Language: English