Professor Robert Bickers http://hdl.handle.net/1983/903 2013-05-19T15:17:48Z 2013-05-19T15:17:48Z “The greatest cultural asset east of Suez”: the history and politics of the Shanghai Municipal Orchestra and Public Band, 1881-1946 Bickers, RA http://hdl.handle.net/1983/1755 2011-07-27T09:51:08Z 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “The greatest cultural asset east of Suez”: the history and politics of the Shanghai Municipal Orchestra and Public Band, 1881-1946 Bickers, RA Chang, Chi-hsiung This paper explores the history of the first European symphony orchestra established in China, which developed from a municipal 'Public Band' formally stated in 1879. It describes the political and cultural debates which accompanied its development, and offers a preliminary assessment of its legacies. 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Changing Shanghai's "mind": publicity, reform, and the British in Shanghai, 1928-1931 Bickers, RA http://hdl.handle.net/1983/904 2007-07-05T12:51:54Z 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Changing Shanghai's "mind": publicity, reform, and the British in Shanghai, 1928-1931 Bickers, RA A lecture given at a meeting of the China Society on 20th March, 1991 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z