Carl Crow--A Tough Old China Hand: The Life, Times, and Adventures of an American in Shanghai

by Paul French

Carl Crow arrived in Shanghai in 1911 and made the city his home for the next quarter of a century, working there as a journalist, newspaper proprietor, and groundbreaking adman. He also did stints as a hostage negotiator, emergency police sergeant, gentleman farmer, go-between for the American government, and propagandist. As his career progressed, so did the fortunes of Shanghai. The city transformed itself from a dull colonial backwater when Crow...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9622098029
• ISBN13: 9789622098022
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"