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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Meyer, Maisie J.     Subjects     Jews -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.     Jews -- China -- History.     Jewish diaspora.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Meyer, Maisie J.       by title:      Shanghai's Baghdadi ...       by call number:      909.04924 M613s     Search the Web     Meyer, Maisie J.     Jews -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.     Jews -- China -- History.     Jewish diaspora.       MARC Display

Shanghai's Baghdadi Jews : a collection of biographical reflections / Maisie J. Meyer. by Meyer, Maisie J. Blacksmith Books, 2015. Call #: 909.04924 M613s Subjects Jews -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography.   Jews -- China -- History.   Jewish diaspora. ISBN:  9789881376428 (pbk.) Description:  479 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-476) and index. Summary:  "A compilation of 26 biographical accounts from the entire spectrum of Shanghai's Baghdadi Jewish society offers fresh insights into a remarkable community that lived through the crossroads of China's 20th-century history. Using previously unseen diaries and archival material, Shanghai's Baghdadi Jews documents the rise and fall of larger-than-life personalities who witnessed the Sino-Japanese War, the Occupation of Shanghai and the Communist Party's rise to power. Photographs illustrate the life and times of these individuals and the magnificent, cosmopolitan city they called home. Dr. Maisie J. Meyer was born in Calcutta, India, and hails from a Baghdadi Jewish family. She has a PhD from the London School of Economics and has traveled the world to lecture on Baghdadi Jews in the eastern Diaspora. She lives in London, England"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 909.04924 M613s Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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