Book Info enlarge picture Shanghai Love: Courtesans, Intellectuals, and Entertainment Culture, 1850¿1910   Author: ISBN: 0295985674 Format: Publish Date:         /bookfreeway/freewaycompare?isbn=0295985674&src=Shanghai+Love:+Courtesans,+Intellectuals,+and+Entertainment+Culture,+1850¿1910          Book Review Book Description In this fascinating book, Catherine Yeh explores the Shanghai entertainment world at the close of the Qing dynasty. Established in the 1850s outside of the old walled city, the Shanghai Foreign Settlements were administered by Westerners and so were not subject to the strict authority of the Chinese government. At the center of the dynamic new culture that emerged was the courtesan, whose...