Getting Stuck in For Shanghai

Putting the Kibosh on the Kaiser from the Bund: The British at Shanghai and the Great War: Penguin Special

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War I
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Author: Robert Bickers ISBN: 9780857978493
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: May 5, 2014
Imprint: e-penguin Language: English
Author: Robert Bickers
ISBN: 9780857978493
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: May 5, 2014
Imprint: e-penguin
Language: English

After 1914, between tiffin and a day at the race track, the British in Shanghai enjoyed a life far removed from the horrors of the Great War. Shanghai's status as a treaty port - with its foreign concessions home to expatriates from every corner of the globe - made it the most cosmopolitan city in Asia. The city's inhabitants on either side of the conflict continued to mix socially to mix socially after the outbreak of war, the bond amongst foreign nationals being almost as strong as that between countrymen. But as news of the slaughter spread of the Far East, and in particular the sinking of the Lusitania, their ambivalence turned to antipathy.

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After 1914, between tiffin and a day at the race track, the British in Shanghai enjoyed a life far removed from the horrors of the Great War. Shanghai's status as a treaty port - with its foreign concessions home to expatriates from every corner of the globe - made it the most cosmopolitan city in Asia. The city's inhabitants on either side of the conflict continued to mix socially to mix socially after the outbreak of war, the bond amongst foreign nationals being almost as strong as that between countrymen. But as news of the slaughter spread of the Far East, and in particular the sinking of the Lusitania, their ambivalence turned to antipathy.

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