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*[https://archive.org/stream/travelershandboo00crow#page/n125/mode/1up "Shanghai"] , page 102 ''The Travelers' Handbook for China (including Hongkong'') by Carl Crow. Third Edition, Revised 1921 Archive.org  
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/travelershandboo00crow#page/n125/mode/1up "Shanghai"] , page 102 ''The Travelers' Handbook for China (including Hongkong'') by Carl Crow. Third Edition, Revised 1921 Archive.org  
 
**[https://archive.org/stream/travelershandboo00crow#page/n128/mode/1up Plan of the Foreign Settlements, Shanghai]
 
**[https://archive.org/stream/travelershandboo00crow#page/n128/mode/1up Plan of the Foreign Settlements, Shanghai]
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015050791709?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''China's Trial by Fire : the Shanghai War of 1932] by Donald A Jordan 2001. Hathi Trust Digital Library
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015050791709?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''China's Trial by Fire : the Shanghai War of 1932''] by Donald A Jordan 2001. Hathi Trust Digital Library
 
 
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015012846062?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Shanghai, the Paradise of Adventurers''] by G E Miller (Pseudonym) Diplomat 1937 Hathi Trust Digital Library.  Elsewhere, the author is stated to be Mauricio Fresco, the Mexican Honorary Consul, whose position had long been deeply implicated in the large-scale organized gambling in the city of the 1920s<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=H4y8q_Zk0g4C&pg=PT347  Page from ''Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai''] by Robert Bickers 2004 Google Books</ref>
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015012846062?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Shanghai, the Paradise of Adventurers''] by G E Miller (Pseudonym) Diplomat 1937 Hathi Trust Digital Library.  Elsewhere, the author is stated to be Mauricio Fresco, the Mexican Honorary Consul, whose position had long been deeply implicated in the large-scale organized gambling in the city of the 1920s<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=H4y8q_Zk0g4C&pg=PT347  Page from ''Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai''] by Robert Bickers 2004 Google Books</ref>
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822003666500?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''The Shanghai Problem''] by William Crane Johnstone 1937 Hathi Trust Digital Library
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822003666500?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''The Shanghai Problem''] by William Crane Johnstone 1937 Hathi Trust Digital Library

Revision as of 12:56, 12 May 2015

Shanghai
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Presidency:
Coordinates: 31.202462°N, 121.49743°E
Altitude: 4 m (13 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Shanghai
State/Province: Shanghai Metropolitan Area
Country: China
Transport links

Shanghai, the largest centre of commerce and finance in China, is situated at the mouth of the Yangtse River. First opened as a treaty port following the 1st China War, it became a multinational business hub by the 1930s.

History

Capture of Shanghai 1842
Battle of Shanghai 1860

Records

  • Shanghai Ancestors from China Coast Family History, Chinese Customs Project, University of Bristol has various information, including a number of useful databases, on its website which may assist in the search for European ancestors. These databases include a searchable named index of Chinese probates, cemetery information and directory extracts. Also includes an alphabetical database of names for Shanghai Municipal Police.

External links

Historical books online

References