| Description |
1 online resource (x, 313 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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monochrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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| Processing Action |
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| Contents |
Introduction: A Quarter Century in China -- 1. From the Mid-West to the China Coast -- 2. The China Press Man -- 3. Living at the End of the Wires -- 4. The Collapse of the Qing Dynasty and Opportunities Abound -- 5. Intrigue in Tokyo and World War -- 6. From Fruit Rancher to Spy -- 7. Sun Yat-sen and the Biography That Never Was -- 8. Four Hundred Million Customers and Bringing Billboards to China -- 9. Getting Friendly with Warlords -- 10. Rumblings in Shanghai -- 11. The Life of a China Coast Man -- 12. Fear in Shanghai, the Generalissimo and Three Stripes on the Arm -- 13. Back in the Newspaper Business -- 14. The New Republic and the Soong Dynasty -- 15. More Skirmishes and a City in Flux -- 16. Swallowing Like Whales, Nibbling Like Silkworms -- 17. Final Days in the City of the Dead -- 18. Business Over: The Escape from Shanghai -- 19. Through the Back Door into China -- 20. Tea with Madame Chiang and Whisky with Zhou En-lai -- 21. War Service and Being Proved Right -- 22. The Final Prolific Years -- Epilogue: Gone but Not Forgotten. |
| Summary |
Carl Crow arrived in Shanghai in 1911 and made the city his home for the next quarter of a century, working there as a journalist, newspaper proprietor, and groundbreaking adman. He also did stints as a hostage negotiator, emergency police sergeant, gentleman farmer, go-between for the American government, and propagandist. In the 1930s Crow wrote a pioneering book - 400 Million Customers - that encouraged a flood of businesses into the China market in an intriguing foreshadowing of today's boom. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Crow, Carl, 1883-1945.
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Crow, Carl, 1883-1945. |
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Crow, Carl, 1883-1945. |
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Americans -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.
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Americans. |
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China -- Shanghai. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Journalists -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.
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Journalists. |
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. |
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Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century.
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic resource.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: French, Paul, 1966- Carl Crow, a tough old China hand. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2006 (OCoLC)71285837 |
| ISBN |
9789888052097 |
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9888052098 |
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1282708716 |
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9781282708716 |
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9786612708718 |
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6612708719 |
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9622098029 (hardback) |
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9789622098022 (hardback) |
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