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*For a British Army overview, see [[China]].
===Shanghai Volunteer Corps ===
A reserve force in time of emergency in the International Settlement. By the 1930s, the Volunteers were a truly international force, with American, English, Scottish, Chinese, Italian, Jewish, Portuguese, Filipino and White Russian units. C 1937 it consisted of one professional battalion of young White Russians, superbly disciplined and impeccably turned out in British Army uniforms. The other companies were manned by volunteers from the civilian population. There was 'A' Company formed by Britons of pure-white descent. 'B' Company contained Eurasians. 'C' Company was the Chinese unit.<ref>[httphttps://wwwweb.earnshawarchive.comorg/web/sites20160303183953/earnshawwww.talesofoldchina.com/files/shanghai-ed-india/taleslaw/t-volu.htm "Tales of Old Shanghai - cultures - Shanghai Volunteer Corps"] earnshawtalesofoldchina.com, now archived, quoting an excerpt from ''Sin City'', by Ralph Shaw, 1976, originally published in the UK as ''Sweet and Sour'' 1973, published in USA as ''China Nights'' 1974. Ralph Shaw was sent to Shanghai as part of the UK military force, then became journalist then night editor, of the ''North China Daily News'', see [http://shanghailander.net/2008/03/sin-city/ ''Sin City''] shanghailander.net. </ref>
====Regimental histories====
*''Eighty Five Years of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps'' by I I Kounin, published Shanghai c 1938. Available at the Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 96 / 1685
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023489598 ''The story of Shanghai from the opening of the port to foreign trade''] by J W Maclellan 1889. Archive.org
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-412337031 ''Henry S. King & Co.'s Hand book for homeward-bound travellers from India, Australia and the East''] 1893 National Library of Australia. Includes the telegraph code to be used, as words or phrases more than ten letters are charged double. This company had an agent in Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, Limited.
*[https://archive.org/details/JubileeOfShanghai1893 ''The Jubilee of Shanghai 1843-1893: Shanghai: Past and Present, and a Full Account of the Proceedings on the 17th and 18th November 1893''], Revised and reprinted from the ''North-China Daily News'', Shanghai, 1893. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/sketchesinaround00clarrich ''Sketches in and around Shanghai etc''] [by J D Clark] 1894. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023494986 ''Shanghai, by Night and Day , Volume I''] 1902. The sketches originally appeared in the ''Shanghai Mercury''. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/shanghaicityfors009753mbp ''Shanghai: City For Sale''] Ernest O. Hauser 1940 Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b40448?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 ''Economic Shanghai: Hostage to Politics, 1937-1941''] by Robert W. Barnett 1941 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b658121?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Shanghai Lawyer''] by Norwood F. Allman 1943 Hathi Trust Digital Library.*[https://archive.org/details/yellowcreekstory0000davi/page/n7 ''Yellow Creek : the Story of Shanghai''] by J V Davidson-Houston 1962. Archive.org Lending Library.
*Digital [http://www.vcea.net/Digital_Library/Book_originals_en.php Book originals] Visual Cultures in East Asia, a website connected with Virtual Shanghai, (refer above). The books are mainly connected with Shanghai and include a number of Handbooks for travellers and residents. Pdf downloads.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Shanghai%29&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22texts%22&sort=date Books including ''Shanghai'' in the title] Archive.org.
