Shaping Modern Shanghai: Colonialism in China's Global City

ISBN-13: 9781108411639 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 288 str.

Isabella Jackson

Opis

An innovative study of colonialism in China, examining Shanghai's International Settlement as the site of key developments in the Republican period.

Recenzje

'This is an extremely valuable book for those seeking to understand the inner workings of colonialism in Shanghai and its complex legacies … Scholars of imperial and international history will also find a useful theoretical contribution, which complicates our current understanding of colonialism.' Jennifer Bond, Family & Community History

Spis treści

List of figures; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Introduction: the transnational colonialism of the Shanghai Municipal Council; 1. Funding transnational colonialism; 2. Electing and serving: the municipal councillors and staff; 3. Policing and conflict in Shanghai; 4. Public health and hygiene; 5. Industry, welfare and social reform; Epilogue. Dismantling and remembering transnational colonialism; Bibliography; Index.