3. The Birth of Shanghai Capitalism (1860–1911)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Note on Transcription xi
6. Chronology xiii
7. Introduction: Shanghai and Chinese Modernity 1
8. PART ONE. The Treaty Port (1842–1911)
9. 1. Foreigners in the Town (1843–1853) 11
10. 2. Local Diplomacy and National Politics (1853–1864) 37
11. 3. The Birth of Shanghai Capitalism (1860–1911) 50
12. 4. The Kaleidoscope of Shanghai Society 84
13. 5. The Concessions as a Model 109
14. 6. The 1911 Revolution 130
15. PART TWO. The Metropolis (1912–1937)
16. 7. The Golden Age of Shanghai Capitalism (1912–1937) 147
17. 8. The Revolutionary Center (1919–1937) 177
18. 9. Order and Crime (1927–1937) 213
19. 10. Haipai and the Ideal of Modernity 242
20. PART THREE. The End of a World (1937–1952)
21. 11. The War, the Occupation, and the End of International Status 287
22. 12. Backward into Revolution (1945–1952) 323
23. PART FOUR. Shanghai under Communism
24. 13. Shanghai in Disgrace under the Maoist Regime 367
25. 14. The Rebirth of Shanghai (1990–2000) 407
26. Epilogue: Shanghai at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century 433
27. Notes 443
28. Bibliography 459
29. Index 475