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...Marcia Reynders Ristaino's aptly named book, Port of Last Resort (Stanford University Press; 380 pages) traces the story of two of the communities?the White Russians and Jews?that gave the city its reputation. The decadence of old Shanghai has attracted many writers, but Ristaino's argument is that most have concentrated on the Western ?lites, or the Chinese communities they ruled, overlooking the rich contribution made by the waves of refugees who pitched up on its hostile shores. No visa or passport was required to enter Shanghai and that fact above all others gave the city its character...
...ARTS Movies: Jiang Wen Books: Port of Last Resort When I Was a Young...
...Ristaino's portrait of the city's Jewish diaspora is less bleak. The first refugees from Germany arrived on the S.S. Conte Verge in late 1933. Facing terrible persecution back home, the Jews of Central Europe were prepared to look to any port in a storm and Shanghai was one of the very few available. What must have gone through their minds as they arrived on the Bund and confronted Shanghai's sweaty summers and teeming waterfront can only be guessed at, but they did have one central advantage; Jewish ?migr?s had been trickling in for years and there were...
...ARTS Movies: Jiang Wen Books: Port of Last Resort When I Was a Young...
...ARTS Movies: Jiang Wen Books: Port of Last Resort When I Was a Young...