http://hdl.handle.net/1983/903 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36:12 GMT 2013-05-17T13:36:12Z http://rose.bris.ac.uk:80/bitstream/id/2428/Robert_Bickers_small.jpg http://hdl.handle.net/1983/903 http://hdl.handle.net/1983/1755 “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. Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1983/1755 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1983/904 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 Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1983/904 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z