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Modern Metropolis: Material Culture of Shanghai and Hong Kong

2009 · réf. 20221115007 — This Book is in Acceptable Condition. The Softcovers have Light Scratches and some Shelfwear including Slight Creasing along the Bottom Edge of the Front Cover a Small Crease to the Top Fore Edge Corner of the Rear Cover a Bump to the Base of the Spine that has caused a Small 1/2" long Tear and a 1" Tear to the Head of the Spine but No Stains or Other Major Damage. The Spine is Not Creased; the Binding is Strong and Intact. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked with No Writing Highlighting or Underlining and with a Few Very Small Creases to the Fore Edge Corners but No Tears Stains Mold or Other Major Damage. The Page Edges have some Soiling mostly to the Fore Edge but No Remainder Mark Foxing Stains or Other Major Damage. Securely Packed and Promptly Shipped. Book Description: Shanghai and Hong Kong have developed simultaneously and the pattern of development shared a lot of similarities. The stories of the two coastal cities began more than one hundred years ago. Magnificent architecture appeared along the coast and the building clusters later developed into the Bund in Shanghai and City of Victoria in Hong Kong. In the two cities the foreign interacted with the local the traditional merged with the modern and the new fused with the old to form a unique cosmopolitan lifestyle. This exhibition set out to illustrate how Shanghai and Hong Kong pioneered China's modernization as well as depicted the two cities' open innovative diversified and commercial way of life through clothing food living environment transportation and culture and entertainment. A collaborative effort between Hong Kong Museum of History and Shanghai History Museum the exhibition presented some 240 sets of exhibits from Shanghai and Hong Kong including the metal plaque marking the border of the Shanghai International Settlement a rickshaw before 1949 a pictorial album with actress Lily Yuen's autograph a signage for the old Shanghai Race Club costumes from the early 20th Century monthly calendars and artifacts of the four major department stores. Please join us in revisiting the cities' social pasts - a cosmopolitan way of life that was prosperous colorful and in touch with world trends. Featuring some 200 sets of artifacts with supplementary historical photos this catalogue "Modern Metropolis: Material Culture of Shanghai and Hong Kong" gives a vivid account of the city characters and people's lifestyles that distinguished Shanghai and Hong Kong from the traditional cities further inland. Shanghai Administration of Culture Heritage & Hong Kong Leisure and Culture Services Department paperback