LEADER 03509cam a2200649 i 4500001 279545 005 20240621234810.0 008 190617s2019 nyuab b 101 0 eng 010 2019025634 020 9781644691311 |qhardcover 020 1644691310 |qhardcover 020 |z9781644691328 |qadobe electronic book 024 8 40029719532 035 (OCoLC)on1105152152 035 279545 042 pcc 043 a-cc-sm 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dYDX |dOCLCO |dYDX |dDLC |dYUS |dOCL |dCHVBK |dOCLCO |dIL4J6 |dJ9U |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 00 DS135.C5 |bC355 2019 245 02 A century of Jewish life in Shanghai / |cedited by Steve Hochstadt. 264 1 New York, NY : |bTouro University Press ;Brookline, MA : |bAcademic Studies Press, |c[2019] 300 xi, 242 pages ; |c25 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Touro University Press books 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 500 Proceedings of a conference which took place in Shanghai in June 2015. 520 "For a century, Jews were an unmistakable and prominent feature of Shanghai life. They built hotels and stood in bread lines, hobnobbed with the British and Chinese elites and were confined to a wartime ghetto. Jews taught at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, sold Viennese pastries, and shared the worst slum with native Shanghainese. Three waves of Jews, representing three religious and ethnic communities, landed in Shanghai, remained separate for decades, but faced the calamity of World War II and ultimate dissolution together. In this book, we hear their own words and the words of modern scholars explaining how Baghdadi, Russian and Central European Jews found their way to Shanghai, created lives in the world's most cosmopolitan city, and were forced to find new homes in the late 1940s"-- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Jewish refugees |zChina |zShanghai |vCongresses. 650 0 Jews |zChina |zShanghai |vCongresses. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zChina |zShanghai |vCongresses. 651 0 Shanghai (China) |xEthnic relations |vCongresses. 650 7 Ethnic relations. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00916005 650 7 Jewish refugees. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01730523 650 7 Jews. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00983135 651 7 China |zShanghai. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01205418 650 7 Juden. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4028808-0 650 7 Flüchtling. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4017604-6 650 7 Nationalsozialismus. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4041316-0 651 7 China. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4009937-4 651 7 Schanghai. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4052066-3 651 7 Deutschland. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4011882-4 650 7 Jewish refugees |zChina |zShanghai |vCongresses. |2nli 650 7 Jews |zChina |zShanghai |vCongresses. |2nli 650 7 World War, 1939-1945 |zChina |zShanghai |vCongresses. |2nli 651 7 Shanghai (China) |xEthnic relations |vCongresses. |2nli 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 7 Conference papers and proceedings. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423772 655 7 Conference papers and proceedings. |2nli 655 7 Conference papers and proceedings. |2lcgft 700 1 Hochstadt, Steve, |d1948- |eeditor. 830 0 Touro University Press books. 852 0 |bscstacks |hDS135.C5 |iC355 2019