Old Shanghai Clubs and Associations, (Paperback)

This directory is a landmark work of scholarship, uncovering an extraordinary amount of detail on the diverse foreign community of old Shanghai, from the 1840s and beyond. Information is included on more than 2,000 foreign and Chinese clubs, societies and associations, along with their members, providing a unique resource for the study of old Shanghai, and an invaluable insight into a vitally important and much-neglected part of China's modern history.