Edward Denison, Guang Yu Ren-Building Shanghai_ The Story of China's Gateway-Wiley-Academy

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by  Edward Denison

BUILDING
SHANGHAI

BUILDING
SHANGHAI
The Story of China’s Gateway
EDWARD DENISON GUANG YU REN
This edition first published 2006
© 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Reprinted 2013
Photography © 2006 Edward Denison unless otherwise stated
Front cover image: © British Museum
Back cover image: © Edward Denison
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 14
CHAPTERONE The Origins of Shanghai 16
CHAPTER TWO Establishing and Legalising the Foreign Settlements 28
CHAPTERTHREE Constructing Shanghai, 1843–1899 40
CHAPTER FOUR Becoming a City, 1900–1920 78
CHAPTER FIVE Rise and Fall, 1921–1941 126
CHAPTER SIX Anti-Design 194
CHAPTER SEVEN The Giant Awakes 212
CHAPTEREIGHT Shanghai’s Future 230
NOTESANDREFERENCES 240
BIBLIOGRAPHY 246
PHOTO CREDITS 248
STATISTICS 249
INDEX 252
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Notes about Spelling
and Grid References
The spelling of Chinese names historically causes an
insolvable transliteration problem. We have chosen to use
the spelling by which particular words are most commonly
understood or referred to, and have therefore not adhered
exclusively to the contemporary system of pinyin. Road names
are a particular source of confusion. The contemporary map
on page 10 contains most versions of street names since 1843.
Both contemporary maps on pages 8–9 and page 10 and
the aerial photograph on page 190 contain a grid reference
system to assist the reader to locate sites on the map more
easily. The grid reference is referred to in the text at the
first mention of each key site or building and appears as a
bracketed double-digit code, e.g.: (A1).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Too many people have contributed to this book for us to be early stages of research; and to the Graham Foundation for
able to thank them all individually. We will forever be their generous support of research and use of materials,
indebted to all those Shanghainese who, against a prevailing many of which would not be featured in this book had it not
trend, shared their time, stories and spaces with us. Our been for their generous consideration. The following are
sincere gratitude goes also to so many other individuals and among the many other institutions that have helped to make
organisations that have supported, guided and corrected us this book as comprehensive and informative as possible: the
along the way. Any errors remaining in the text are of our British Library, the HSBC Archives, the Library of Congress,
own making. Space does not allow us to mention everyone the National Archive of Great Britain, the Royal Institute of
individually, but the following people will be aware of their British Architects, the Shanghai Library, the Shanghai
contributions, though maybe unaware of the extent of our Municipal Archives, and the University of Victoria (Canada).
sincere appreciation and gratitude: Nick and Jocelyn We also wish to extend a very special thank you to all those
Atkinson, Joanna Burke, Patrick Conner and the Martyn at and associated with Wiley Academy and John Wiley & Sons
Gregory Gallery, Malcolm Cooper, Stella Dong, Robert Elwall who have worked so hard to complete this book with such
and the staff at the RIBA, Arlene Fleming, Michelle Garnaut, dedicated professionalism: Helen Castle, Jenny McCall,
Bruno vanderBerg, Marcus Ford, and all the staff at M-on-the- Mariangela Palazzi-William, Famida Rasheed, Liz Sephton,
Bund, Edwin Green, Lenore Heitkamp, Alan Hollinghurst, Louise Porter and Lucy Isenberg. Our greatest debt of gratitude
Jim Hollington, Tess Johnston, Professor Luo Xiao Wei, Pan is to Hou Ji Xing, friends and family in Shanghai, Eleanor and
Lynn, Fred Manson, Qian Zong Hao, Professor Ruan Yi San, John, whose patience, understanding, contributions and
Richard Rogers, Robert Torday, Selahadin Abdullah, Semira support have been beyond measure. Last and not least, to Phil
Ibrahim and Heden and Wu Jiang. We are grateful also to the Ochs for being a constant source of light in dark times – ‘I
British Council and their China Studies programme for won’t be laughing at the lies when I’m gone’.
providing invaluable financial and institutional support in the
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