Inhalt: | Front Matter -- Copyright page /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun -- Introduction /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun -- Shanghai in Four Spatial Steps /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun -- Charting the Course of Shanghai’s Population /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun -- General and Vital Statistics /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun -- Populations in Movement /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun -- Social Structure /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun -- Population: The Lesson from Shanghai /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun -- The Population of Shanghai in Figures: A Selection of Source Tables /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun -- List of Sources and Tables /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun -- Sources and Tables /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun -- Back Matter -- References /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun -- Index /Christian Henriot , Shi Lu and Charlotte Aubrun. The present volume is the first systematic reconstruction of the demographic series of the population of Shanghai from the mid-nineteenth century to 1953. Designed as a reference and source book, it is based on a thorough exploration of all population data and surveys available in published documents and in archival sources. The book focuses mostly on the pre-1949 period and extends to the post-1949 period only in relation to specific topics. Shanghai is probably the only city in China where such a reconstruction is possible over such a long period due to the wealth of sources and its particular administrative history, especially the existence of two foreign settlements |
