Shanghai's Baghdadi Jews

A compilation of 26 biographical accounts from the entire spectrum of Shanghai''s Baghdadi Jewish society offers fresh insights into a remarkable community that lived through the crossroads of China''s 20th-century history. Using previously unseen diaries and archival material, Shanghai''s Baghdadi Jews documents the rise and fall of larger-than-life personalities who witnessed the Sino-Japanese War, the Occupation of Shanghai and the Communist Party''s rise to power. Photographs illustrate the life and times of these individuals and the magnificent, cosmopolitan city they called home.