Shanghai Life, Love and Infrastructure in China's City of the Future

by Grace, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781591810834
• ISBN10: 1591810833
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781591812647
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-16
• Publisher: Sentient Publications
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Summary

China has awakened, and Shanghai, its showpiece metropolis, is fully caffeinated. The city's skyline is a whimsical world of bizarre structures, ranging from skyscrapers shaped like giant bottle openers and ballistic missiles, to luxury hotels topped with flowered crowns and flying saucers.

Author Biography

Stephen Grace has worked and traveled extensively in China and leads cultural immersion programs for Americans there. He is the author of several books and lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. ix
The Towers of Pudong	p. 1
Of Narrow Lanes and Stone-Framed Doors	p. 28
New Heaven and Earth	p. 64
A Home in the Sky	p. 105
Pajamas	p. 126
Rich Gate and Rènao	p. 157
Along the Bund	p. 195
The Fastest Train on Earth	p. 231
Searching for Dongtan	p. 254
The Bridges of Shanghai	p. 298
Bibliography	p. 343
Acknowledgments	p. 351
About the Author	p. 353
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