| Author | Ho, Virgil K. Y. [Ho Kit-yiu 何傑堯] |
| Place | Oxford, England |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
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| Language | English |
| Type | Book |
| Series | Studies on contemporary China (Oxford, England) |
| Shelf | Director's Office |
| Call Number | HN740.G823 H6 2005 |
| Description | vi, 510 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note | Understanding Canton : rethinking popular culture in the republican period / Virgil K.Y. Ho. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- City versus countryside : the growth of an urban identity and its meanings in Canton -- The limits of hatred : popular attitudes towards the West in Republican Canton -- The 'problem' of opium smoking in Canton -- Gambling in Canton : myth and reality of a calamity -- The worlds of prostitution in the early republic -- Cantonese opera as a mirror of society -- Conclusion. |
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| ISBN | 0199282714 ; 9780199282715 |
| LCCN | 2006276210 |
