Tales of Old Shanghai: the Glorious Past of China's Greatest City

Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; An Old Shanghai Chronology; Introduction; To Make Money; All about Shanghai; High Lights, Low Lights, Tael Lights; Sir Victor Sassoon; Sportsmen; The Spartans; City-by-the-sea; Taiping Rebellion; The Disposal of Shanghai's Waste Products; A City of Gardens; Pidgin English; Pidgin Joke; Public Garden; Origin of the Municipal Seal; Spoilt Children; Shanghai Country Walks; Cynicism Sweetened Air; Taipans; The Shanghai Steam Laundry; Two Shanghai Courts; Between China and England; East of the Poo; The Jews in Old Shanghai; The Fly Menace in Shanghai.;The old Shanghai was a rich and cosmopolitan mixture of East and West and this engaging book offers a glimpse into that world through an assortment of photographs, newspaper clippings, cartoons, stamps, and other collectibles. Evoking different eras, this record also contains vintage advertisements, excerpts from travel guides, flyers handed out to ex-pats highlighting Shanghai's international atmosphere, and often hilarious firsthand accounts from those who had the opportunity to live in or pass through this bustling trade port. The scrapbook format allows readers to either read from the star.