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*[http://www.bnasie.eu/BN/Books Bibliothèque Numérique Asiatique/ Asian Digital Library] Includes English language books on Shanghai. There appears to be some connection with ''Virtual Shanghai'', see previous website, with at least some overlap.
*[https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft7870085f&chunk.id=d0e3969&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=ucpress "Chapter Four Shanghai"] page 239 ''Shanghai on the Métro: Spies, Intrigue, and the French Between the Wars'' by Michael B. Miller 1994. UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004. A transcription. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=X2eTBtFWQdUC&pg=PP1 Sample pages only] Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/cityofdevilstwom0000fren/mode/2up ''City of Devils : the two men who ruled the underworld of old Shanghai''] by Paul French 2019, first published 2018.
:Paul French is the author of many books on the "old" (1930s) period in China, including ''Bloody Saturday: Shanghai’s Darkest Day'', published 2017 [https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Bloody_Saturday_Shanghai_s_Darkest_Day_P/gsEvDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover Sample pages Google Books]. The day was Saturday, August 14, 1937, when the Japanese bombed the city. For additional books by French, see [[China#General|China - Historical books online - General]].
*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.
