The Suicide Of Miss Xi: Democracy And Disenchantment In The Chinese Republic

When a young woman killed herself in the office she shared with her employer in 1920s Shanghai, the city reeled in shock. Xi Shangzhen became a symbol of the failures of the Chinese Republic as well as the broken promises of citizens' rights, gender equality, and financial prosperity that were betokened by liberal democracy and capitalism.

• | By (Author): Bryna Goodman
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 30, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674248821
• | ISBN-13: 9780674248823