The Resource Shanghai grand : forbidden love and international intrigue on the eve of the Second World War, Taras Grescoe
Shanghai grand : forbidden love and international intrigue on the eve of the Second World War, Taras Grescoe
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- Summary
- On the eve of WWII, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth century's most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the fabulously wealthy Sir Victor Sassoon. Emily 'Mickey' Hahn was a legendary New Yorker journalist whose vivid writing played a crucial role in opening Western eyes to the realities of life in China. At the height of the Depression, Hahn arrived in Shanghai after a disappointing affair with an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter, convinced she will never love again. After checking in to Sassoon's glamorous Cathay Hotel, Hahn is absorbed into the social swirl of the expats drawn to pre-war China, among them Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Harold Acton, and a colourful gangster named Morris 'Two-Gun' Cohen. But when she meets Zau Sinmay, a Chinese poet from an illustrious family, she discovers the real Shanghai through his eyes: the city of rich colonials, triple agents, opium-smokers, displaced Chinese peasants, and increasingly desperate White Russian and Jewish refugees--places her innate curiosity will lead her to explore first hand. Danger lurks on the horizon, though, as the brutal Japanese occupation destroys the seductive world of pre-war Shanghai, paving the way for Mao Tse-tung's Communists rise to power
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 455 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "First published in the United Kingdom in hardback 2016 by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- Map: Shanghai, 1935
- Prologue: Zhujiajiao Water Town, Shanghai Municipality, March 28, 2014
- Part 1
- Shanghai, January 28, 1932
- Where China Meets the World
- The Sassoon Gamble
- Part 2
- St. Louis, 27 May 1916
- The Flapper's Progress
- Shanghai Grand
- Mickey Checks In
- On the Shanghai Beat
- Part 3
- Shanghai, April 12, 1935
- Cathay and the Muse
- The Fantastic Mr. Pan
- Cosmopolis-on-the-Whangpoo
- Part 4
- Shanghai, November 3, 1936
- The Rise of the Dwarf Bandits
- Sweetie Pie Goes to Nanking
- Part 5
- Shanghai, August 14, 1937
- After Saturday
- The Solitary Island
- Waking from the Doze
- Part 6
- Shanghai, August 1, 1941
- The Last Light in a Dark World
- Check-Out Time
- Settling the Bill
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781447254058
- Label
- Shanghai grand : forbidden love and international intrigue on the eve of the Second World War
- Title
- Shanghai grand
- Title remainder
- forbidden love and international intrigue on the eve of the Second World War
- Statement of responsibility
- Taras Grescoe
- Subject
-
- Aliens -- China | Shanghai -- Biography
- Aliens -- China | Shanhai -- Biography
- Americans -- China | Shanghai -- Biography
- Americans -- China | Shanhai -- Biography
- Cathay Hotel (Shanghai, China) -- History
- Hahn, Emily, 1905-1997 -- Relations with men
- Adventure and adventurers -- China | Shanghai -- Biography
- Sassoon, Elias Victor, 1881-1961 -- Friends and associates
- Shanghai (China) -- Biography
- Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Social aspects -- China | Shanghai
- trueTravel writing
- Hahn, Emily, 1905-1997 -- Travel -- China | Shanghai
- Adventure and adventurers -- China | Shanhai -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On the eve of WWII, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth century's most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the fabulously wealthy Sir Victor Sassoon. Emily 'Mickey' Hahn was a legendary New Yorker journalist whose vivid writing played a crucial role in opening Western eyes to the realities of life in China. At the height of the Depression, Hahn arrived in Shanghai after a disappointing affair with an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter, convinced she will never love again. After checking in to Sassoon's glamorous Cathay Hotel, Hahn is absorbed into the social swirl of the expats drawn to pre-war China, among them Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Harold Acton, and a colourful gangster named Morris 'Two-Gun' Cohen. But when she meets Zau Sinmay, a Chinese poet from an illustrious family, she discovers the real Shanghai through his eyes: the city of rich colonials, triple agents, opium-smokers, displaced Chinese peasants, and increasingly desperate White Russian and Jewish refugees--places her innate curiosity will lead her to explore first hand. Danger lurks on the horizon, though, as the brutal Japanese occupation destroys the seductive world of pre-war Shanghai, paving the way for Mao Tse-tung's Communists rise to power
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Grescoe, Taras
- Dewey number
- 951.132
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hahn, Emily
- Hahn, Emily
- Sassoon, Elias Victor
- Cathay Hotel (Shanghai, China)
- Americans
- Adventure and adventurers
- Aliens
- Travel writing
- Americans
- Adventure and adventurers
- Aliens
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
- Shanghai (China)
- Shanghai (China)
- Label
- Shanghai grand : forbidden love and international intrigue on the eve of the Second World War, Taras Grescoe
- Note
- "First published in the United Kingdom in hardback 2016 by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Map: Shanghai, 1935 -- Prologue: Zhujiajiao Water Town, Shanghai Municipality, March 28, 2014 -- Part 1 -- Shanghai, January 28, 1932 -- Where China Meets the World -- The Sassoon Gamble -- Part 2 -- St. Louis, 27 May 1916 -- The Flapper's Progress -- Shanghai Grand -- Mickey Checks In -- On the Shanghai Beat -- Part 3 -- Shanghai, April 12, 1935 -- Cathay and the Muse -- The Fantastic Mr. Pan -- Cosmopolis-on-the-Whangpoo -- Part 4 -- Shanghai, November 3, 1936 -- The Rise of the Dwarf Bandits -- Sweetie Pie Goes to Nanking -- Part 5 -- Shanghai, August 14, 1937 -- After Saturday -- The Solitary Island -- Waking from the Doze -- Part 6 -- Shanghai, August 1, 1941 -- The Last Light in a Dark World -- Check-Out Time -- Settling the Bill -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 000057599018
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 455 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781447254058
- Lccn
- 2016001124
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)951785059
- Label
- Shanghai grand : forbidden love and international intrigue on the eve of the Second World War, Taras Grescoe
- Note
- "First published in the United Kingdom in hardback 2016 by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Map: Shanghai, 1935 -- Prologue: Zhujiajiao Water Town, Shanghai Municipality, March 28, 2014 -- Part 1 -- Shanghai, January 28, 1932 -- Where China Meets the World -- The Sassoon Gamble -- Part 2 -- St. Louis, 27 May 1916 -- The Flapper's Progress -- Shanghai Grand -- Mickey Checks In -- On the Shanghai Beat -- Part 3 -- Shanghai, April 12, 1935 -- Cathay and the Muse -- The Fantastic Mr. Pan -- Cosmopolis-on-the-Whangpoo -- Part 4 -- Shanghai, November 3, 1936 -- The Rise of the Dwarf Bandits -- Sweetie Pie Goes to Nanking -- Part 5 -- Shanghai, August 14, 1937 -- After Saturday -- The Solitary Island -- Waking from the Doze -- Part 6 -- Shanghai, August 1, 1941 -- The Last Light in a Dark World -- Check-Out Time -- Settling the Bill -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 000057599018
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 455 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781447254058
- Lccn
- 2016001124
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)951785059
Subject
- Aliens -- China | Shanghai -- Biography
- Aliens -- China | Shanhai -- Biography
- Americans -- China | Shanghai -- Biography
- Americans -- China | Shanhai -- Biography
- Cathay Hotel (Shanghai, China) -- History
- Hahn, Emily, 1905-1997 -- Relations with men
- Adventure and adventurers -- China | Shanghai -- Biography
- Sassoon, Elias Victor, 1881-1961 -- Friends and associates
- Shanghai (China) -- Biography
- Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Social aspects -- China | Shanghai
- trueTravel writing
- Hahn, Emily, 1905-1997 -- Travel -- China | Shanghai
- Adventure and adventurers -- China | Shanhai -- Biography
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