上海简史

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版权页：   插图：   Hospitals During the early days of the International Settlement, the revenue of the Municipal Council was not sufficient to allow it to spend much on public works or to establish institutions for the benefit of the community, and a good deal was left to private enterprise. We see this especially in connection with the development of hospitals.Health conditions were poor, due to stagnant pools, to lack of proper drainage and to the unsanitary habits of the Chinese population. At times the death rate was exceedingly high, and there were frequent epidemics of cholera, smallpox and typhoid. The need of better hospital accommodation became urgent. In 1862 Shanghai had two hospitals for foreigners, the Shanghai Hospital and Dispensary, and the Marine Hospital. These proving to be insufficient, shares were sold for the establishment of a General Hospital. A sum of Tls. 31.000 was subscribed and trustees were appointed. The new hospital was first situated between the West Gate and the Ningpo Guild (popularly known as the Ningpo Joss House). The patients were cared for by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, many of whom rendered devoted service. As years went by it became necessary for the Municipal Gouncil to assist in the support of this enterprise, and to make an annual donation towards its maintenance. In this way the large General Hospital, now standing on the north side of the Soochow Creek, between Chapoo and North Szechuen Roads, came into existence. Gaols The need of a gaol was soon realized, for Shanghai from the start had to cope with a criminal class. Sailors on shore often gave serious trouble, and the influx of Chinese into the Settlements brought many of the undesirable class.

内容概要

Francis Lister Hawks Pott (1864-1947), educator and Protestant Episcopal Church missionary in China. Born in New York City and educated at Columbia University and General Theological Seminary, Pott was ordained to the priesthood in1888.

A professor of metaphysics, he was appointed head of St. John's College, Shanghai, in l888, and president of St. John’s University in 1896, serving a total of 53 years. He was twice decorated by the Chinese government for his service to China.

书籍目录

CONTENTS

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Chapter

I. SHANGHAI BEFORE ITS OPENING TO FOREIGN TRADE

II. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE FOREIGN SETTLEMENT, 1843

III. THE "SMALL SWORDS" OCCUPY SHANGHAI, 1853

IV. THE LAND REGULATIONS OF 1854

V. SHANGHAI DURING THE TAIPING REBELLION,1860-1864

VI. SHANGHAI DURING THE TAIPING REBELLION （Continued）

VII. MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT, 1860-1870

VIII. DEVELOPMENT IN THE SETTLEMENT, 1860-1870

IX. THE FIRST RIOT IN SHANGHAI, 1874

X. SOME FRUSTRATED ATTEMPTS AT DEVELOPMENT

XI. DEVELOPMENT IN THE EIGHTIES

XII. EDUCATION

XIII. A TROUBLOUS PERIOD, 1891-1897

XIV. THE BEGINNINGS OF AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

XV. THE EXTENSION OF THE SETTLEMENT, 1898-1899

XVI.SHANGHAI DURING THE BOXER OUTBREAK, 1900

XVII.THE PROTOCOL AND ITS EFFECT ON SHANGHAI

XVIII.A MEMORABLE YEAR, 1905

XIX.A PERIOD OF FRICTION, 1906-1911

XX.SHANGHAI DURING THE REVOLUTION, 1911

XXI.THE SECOND REVOLUTION, 1913

XXII.SHANGHAI DURING THE FIRST YEARS OF THE GREAT WAR,1914-1916

XXIII. SHANGHAI AND THE LAST YEARS OF THE GREAT WAR,1917-1918

XXIV.THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR, 1919-1920

XXV.GROWING OPPOSITION TO THE COUNCIL

XXVI.A YEAR OF UNCERTAINTY, 1923

XXVII.CIVIL WAR IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SHANGHAI

XXVIII. A GREAT CRISIS.XXIX. EPILOGUE

ADDENDA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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作者简介

First published in 1928, the author aimed to to write this brief history of the International Settlement of Shanghai.

He failed to realize the difficulty of the task. Messrs. George Lanning and Samuel Couling gathered a large amount of material concerning the early days, but no one continued what they began, and therefore a good deal of spade work became necessary.

Many books have been consulted. A list of which is published at the end of the volume, and the columns of the North-China Herald have proved invaluable.

Another difficulty presented itself in regard to the public for which he was writing. He tried to bear in mind that it was for a larger public than for the residents of Shanghai. Many incidents might be of interest to those who live in the Settlement but would not be of much importance to the public at large. By some, probably, the criticism will be raised that the book lacks local colors, while others will perhaps object that too much reference has been made to matters that are of no concern to the rest of the world. It was hard to please the tastes of both classes.

As the book developed several things became apparent. It was evident that the history of Shanghai was difficult to condense, and that there was room for a bigger volume than this. There are so many details that it would have been easier to have depicted it on a larger canvas.

One also realized that in order to understand what has happened in Shanghai, considerable reference to Chinese contemporary history was necessary, and there was always a temptation to wander away from what was strictly the history of Shanghai to that of China.

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