Whhen the author first undertook to write this brief historyof the International Settlement of Shanghai, he failed torealize the difficulty of the task. Messrs. George Lanning and SamuelCouling gathered a large amount of material concerning the earlydays, but no one continued what they began, and therefore a gooddeal of spade work became necessary.

Many books have been consulted, a list of which is published atthe end of the volume, and the columns of the North-China HeraMhave proved invaluable.

CONTENTS

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Chapter

I. SHANGHAI BEFORE ITS OPENING TO FOREIGN TRADE

II. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE FOREIGN SETTLEMENT, 1843

III. THE "SMALL SWORDS" OCCUPY SHANGHAI, 1853

IV. THE LAND REGULATIONS OF 1854

V. SHANGHAI DURING THE TAIPING REBELLION,1860-1864

VI. SHANGHAI DURING THE TAIPING REBELLION （Continued）

VII. MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT, 1860-1870

VIII. DEVELOPMENT IN THE SETTLEMENT, 1860-1870

IX. THE FIRST RIOT IN SHANGHAI, 1874

X. SOME FRUSTRATED ATTEMPTS AT DEVELOPMENT

XI. DEVELOPMENT IN THE EIGHTIES

XII. EDUCATION

XIII. A TROUBLOUS PERIOD, 1891-1897

XIV. THE BEGINNINGS OF AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

XV. THE EXTENSION OF THE SETTLEMENT, 1898-1899

XVI.SHANGHAI DURING THE BOXER OUTBREAK, 1900

XVII.THE PROTOCOL AND ITS EFFECT ON SHANGHAI

XVIII.A MEMORABLE YEAR, 1905

XIX.A PERIOD OF FRICTION, 1906-1911

XX.SHANGHAI DURING THE REVOLUTION, 1911

XXI.THE SECOND REVOLUTION, 1913

XXII.SHANGHAI DURING THE FIRST YEARS OF THE GREAT WAR,1914-1916

XXIII. SHANGHAI AND THE LAST YEARS OF THE GREAT WAR,1917-1918

XXIV.THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR, 1919-1920

XXV.GROWING OPPOSITION TO THE COUNCIL

XXVI.A YEAR OF UNCERTAINTY, 1923

XXVII.CIVIL WAR IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SHANGHAI

XXVIII. A GREAT CRISIS.XXIX. EPILOGUE

ADDENDA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX