Download or read book Shanghai written by Jay Pridmore and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shanghai is China's largest city, comparable to New York or Tokyo. In the last decades of the 20th century, Shanghai was seen as the engine of modernization in China. This title tells a story that combines art, technology, capitalism and Communism, and is illustrated with photographs.