Gamsa, Mark

Harbin: A Cross-Cultural Biography

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ISBN 13:
9781487544249
author:
Gamsa, Mark
format:
Paperback
publisher:
University of Toronto Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2022
Pages:
394
Dimensions:
22.6 x 15.2 x 3.1 centimetres (0
Genre:
History, Europe, Eastern,
Condition:
New
Availability:
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£25.36

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Harbin A Cross-Cultural Biography by Mark Gamsa offers an intimate portrait of early twentieth-century Harbin, a city in Manchuria where Russian colonialists and Chinese migrants coexisted. Using surviving letters, archival photographs, and rare publications, the book tells the personal story of Baron Roger Budberg, a physician who stood at the centre of the cross-cultural divide. This biography is also the history of an important city, fleshing out its place in the global history of East-West contacts and twentieth-century diasporas. By exploring the social and intellectual fissures between Russian and Chinese worlds, Gamsa sheds light on the complex dynamics of a forgotten city. Through Budberg's story, Harbin A Cross-Cultural Biography provides an original experiment in historical writing, one that balances the personal with the broader historical context.

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