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Revealing information that has been suppressed in the Chinese Communist Party's official history, this work presents a view of the Party's origins. It traces Chinese Communism's roots to the country's culturally conservative agrarian heartland.

Traces the evolution of a dazzling urban culture that became alternately isolated from and intertwined with China's tumultuous history. Focusing on Shanghai's leading banks, publishing enterprises, and department stores, this book sketches the rise of a maritime and capitalist economic culture among the city's middle class.