Once Upon a Time in Shanghai A Jewish Woman’s Journey through the 20thc. China（ China in the Eyes of Foreigners）（English edition）
Author:Rena Krasno (USA)
Publication date:2009-01-01
ISBN:9787508513447
Language:English
Abstract:
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
This book is based on the diaries of Rena Krasno, from a Russian Jewish family growing up in Shanghai during World War II.
The setting is multicultural, multilingual and multiracial, and the author provides fascinating details from the history of a city that no longer ex...
Introduction
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
This book is based on the diaries of Rena Krasno, from a Russian Jewish family growing up in Shanghai during World War II.
The setting is multicultural, multilingual and multiracial, and the author provides fascinating details from the history of a city that no longer exists. The historic value of the book lies in the fact that
Rena made daily diary entries and the entries included facts about
the social events and people's life at that time.
Book catalogue
Cover
1 Titlepage
2 CONTENTS
3 Author Introduction
4 TO Tess Johnston, Deke Ehr and all who love Shanghai.
5 Preface
6 Chapter 1 Beginnings
7 Chapter 2 Early Childhood
8 Chapter 3 Tea Time
9 Chapter 4 Walking to School
10 Chapter 5 Pidgin English
11 Chapter 6 Tailors
12 Chapter 7 Broadcasting
13 Chapter 8 Blue Caps
14 Chapter 9 Money, Bank and a Tycoon
15 Chapter 10 The Triumph of Jesse Owens
16 Chapter 11 Expatriate Households—Life in Paradise
17 Chapter 12 Bloody Saturday
18 Chapter 13 Christmas 1939
19 Chapter 14 Abbot Chao-Kung and His Hatred
20 Chapter 15 The Portuguese Colony and Father Robert Jacquinot de Besange
21 Chapter 16 Albert Einstein's Visit to Shanghai
22 Chapter 17 The Shanghai Volunteer Corps and Boy Scouts
23 Chapter 18 December 8, 1941
24 Chapter 19 City of Refuge
25 Chapter 20 Jack Riley
26 Chapter 21 U.S. Bombing
27 Chapter 22 Pacific War Unwinding
28 Chapter 23 Japanese Internment Camps
29 Chapter 24 U.S. Forces Arrive
30 Chapter 25 Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
31 Chapter 26 Deterioration, Disturbance
32 Chapter 27 United Nations Information Center
33 Conclusion Departure and Return
34 Acknowledgement
35 Copyright
36 Backcover
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