Assignment, Shanghai
Jack Birns
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Assignment, Shanghai
by Jack Birns
Published
October 1, 2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Pages
144
ISBN-13
9780520239906
ISBN-10
0520239903
Description
"Shipping out to China in December 1947 with three ten-year-old cameras and a plum assignment from Life magazine, Jack Birns was fulfilling a boyhood dream. The reality was something else: refugees and prostitutes, soldiers and beggars, street executions and urban protests photographed in difficult and often dangerous circumstances amid the poverty, corruption, and chaos of an expanding civil war. By then the ruling Nationalist Party had been battling the Communist threat for more than two decades, and Birns focused his camera on the human drama unfolding as war pressed ever closer to the country's financial, cultural, and commercial capital. His effort to show China's misery up close ran afoul of Time-Life publisher Henry R. Luce's fervent anti-Communism, and for half a century many of these historic photographs lay unpublished in Time-Life's archives. Printed here for the first time, they offer a graphic vision of a great city, Shanghai, poised on the precipice of political revolution."--BOOK JACKET
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages are in Assignment, Shanghai?
This edition of Assignment, Shanghai has approximately 144 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read Assignment, Shanghai?
For most readers, Assignment, Shanghai typically takes between 3h 0m and 2h 0m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 36,000 words and common reading speeds.
Here's a detailed breakdown: • Continuous reading at 250 WPM: approximately 2h 24m of focused reading • Casual reading (30 minutes/day): you could finish in roughly 5 days • Estimated word count: 36,000 words
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What is the word count of Assignment, Shanghai?
The estimated word count for Assignment, Shanghai is approximately 36,000 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
This is an approximation — actual word count may vary based on font size, formatting, edition, and the presence of illustrations or charts.
Who is the author of Assignment, Shanghai?
Assignment, Shanghai was written by Jack Birns.
When was Assignment, Shanghai published?
The publication date for this specific edition is October 1, 2003. The original work may have been published on a different date.