When a young woman killed herself in the office she shared with her employer in 1920s Shanghai, the city reeled in shock. Xi Shangzhen became a symbol of the failures of the Chinese Republic as well as the broken promises of citizens’ rights, gender equality, and financial prosperity that were betokened by liberal democracy and capitalism.


Format Inbunden Omfång 352 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Harvard University Press Utgivningsdatum 2021-07-01 ISBN 9780674248823