Monthly Archive: August 2025
Historians of modern China have often written about the great and the downtrodden—the famous and powerful who shaped economies, or the workers who carried revolutions, albeit unsuccessfully. Somewhere in between, however, lies a broad...
In October 1990, I conducted fieldwork in Shanghai to observe and, where possible, visit the city’s factories. My research at the time focused on understanding how these workplaces were being transformed under the sweeping...
During World War II, Shanghai became an unlikely haven for thousands of European Jewish refugees and other foreigners fleeing persecution. The city’s unique status as an open port (requiring no visa for entry into...