{"product_id":"scythe-and-the-city-a-social-history-of-death-in-shanghai-hardcover-1","title":"Scythe and the City: A Social History of Death in Shanghai - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristian Henriot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe issue of death has loomed large in Chinese cities in the modern era. Throughout the Republican period, Shanghai swallowed up lives by the thousands. Exposed bodies strewn around in public spaces were a threat to social order as well as to public health. In a place where every group had its own beliefs and set of death and funeral practices, how did they adapt to a modern, urbanized environment? How did the interactions of social organizations and state authorities manage these new ways of thinking and acting? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecent historiography has almost completely ignored the ways in which death created such immense social change in China. Now, \u003ci\u003eScythe and the City\u003c\/i\u003e corrects this problem. Christian Henriot's pioneering and original study of Shanghai between 1865 and 1965 offers new insights into this crucial aspect of modern society in a global commercial hub and guides readers through this tumultuous era that radically redefined the Chinese relationship with death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Henriot\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Modern History at Aix-Marseille University and the author of numerous books on modern Chinese history, including \u003ci\u003eProstitution and Sexuality in Shanghai: A Social History, 1849-1949\u003c\/i\u003e (2001). He is also Project Director of Virtual Shanghai (virtualshanghai.net).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45776420077765,"sku":"9780804797467","price":136.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/EgOQoUqic29780804797467_ce0ad593-d309-414b-abab-d85a6e98abe1.webp?v=1770549098","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/scythe-and-the-city-a-social-history-of-death-in-shanghai-hardcover-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}