Shanghai 1935

American Socialite Ruth Day Visited Shanghai For Several Weeks In 1935 And Left One Of The Most Sparkling Descriptions Of The City In This Book, Published In A Edition The Following Year And Only Brought To The Wider World In This Edition Published More Than 80 Years Later. Ruth Was The Step-daughter Of A Prominent American Financial Expert Who Held A Senior Post In The Chinese Government, And During Her Whirlwind Trip, She Met With Absolutely Everyone Who Was Anyone, And Went Everywhere The High-society Crowd Frequented - Dancehalls And Night-clubs, Parties And The Best Private Homes. She Describes It All With A Rare Flair, Leaving Us With A Valuable And Unique Record Of Shanghai High Society And The Panorama Of Human Experience In The City During Its Decadent Heyday.