Assignment Shanghai by Jack Birns
Seen through the lens of hindsight, the photographs in this collection give us a sense not only of what China was like more than 50 years ago, but also of why the warfare, weariness, and desperation of the time proved such fertile soil for Communist revolution.
Jack Birns is a former Life photographer who was stationed in Shanghai during the final years of China's Civil War. Carolyn Wakeman is Associate Professor of Journalism and Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where she directs the Asia-Pacific Program at the Graduate School of Journalism. Ken Light is a teaching fellow and curator of the Center for Photography at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Orville Schell is the Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520239906 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520239903 |
| Title | Assignment Shanghai |
| Author | Jack Birns |
| Series | Series In Contemporary Photography |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 2003-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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