Assignment Shanghai : Photographs on the Eve of Revolution

BIRNS, Jack, photographs; Carolyn Wakeman and Ken Light, eds; Orville Schell, foreword

Published by The University of California press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 2003

Language: English

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Monograph presenting, for the first time, work by American photographer Jack Birns documenting social conditions in mainland China just prior to the revolution of 1949. Edited by Carolyn Wakeman and Ken Light, foreword by Orville Schell. Fascinating and frequently brutal photographs of an epochal but little-seen moment in history. Berkeley and Los Angeles: The University of California Press, 2003. First edition. 130pp; b&w plates. Tall 4to. Gray cloth, gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Mild toning to edges of leaves, else fine in like jacket.

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Title: Assignment Shanghai : Photographs on the Eve of Revolution
Publisher: The University of California press, Berkeley and Los Angeles
Publication Date: 2003
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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