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Understanding Canton

Understanding Canton

Understanding Canton
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Understanding Canton Hardback - 2006

by Virgil Ho

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  • Title Understanding Canton
  • Author Virgil Ho
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition New
  • Pages 528
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Publication date 2006-02-16
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # BIBNNA-144073
  • ISBN 9780199282715 / 0199282714
  • Weight 2.03 lbs (0.92 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.19 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 3.02 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Guangzhou (China) - Social conditions - 20th, Popular culture - China - Guangzhou -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006276210
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.095
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

This book broadens our understanding of the culture and society of Canton, the largest metroplois in South China, in the period between the two World Wars. It redresses serious misconceptions of the extent of damage inflicted by gambling, prostitution and opium consumption on the Cantonese society and its people. There is abundant evidence that common Cantonese were more receptive to a pro-Western mentality, despite their reputation for being jingoistic and anti-foreign. Tracing the rise of Cantonese opera as a major form of mass entertainment, and the emergence among the citizens a strong sense of pride in being a part of the modern city, help us learn more about the transformation of social and cultural life in this city in the modern era.

About the author

Dr. Vergil Ho was a Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology, University of Gothenburg, in Sweden, before joining the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology where he now teaches modern Chinese history.
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