The Shanghai regime from 1927 to 1937, local characteristics, and modernization

Author: (French) An Kuiqiang
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: The "Shanghai History Studies Translation Series" selects classic works on modern Shanghai history by top overseas scholars, combining readability and academic rigor, translated by domestic experts. Overseas scholars offer unique perspectives, exclusive materials, and original insights, presenting a fresh interpretation of Shanghai's history. The content covers a wide range of figures, including the Shanghai governor, police, prostitutes, industrialists, overseas Chinese, hometown associations, fire brigades, and people from northern Jiangsu. This book focuses on the Shanghai Municipal Government from 1927 to 1937, exploring the political and social environment of its establishment and operation, the available human and financial resources, and the successes and failures in implementing municipal policies. It attempts to use this as a case study to understand the functioning of a municipal government under the Nationalist regime. This is a renowned classic in Sinology with significant influence in Western academia on China.