Meyer, Kathryn, “Trade and Nationality at Shanghai upon the Outbreak of the First World War, 1914-1915” (1988)

Title : “Trade and Nationality at Shanghai upon the Outbreak of the First World War, 1914-1915”

Author(s) : Meyer, Kathryn

Year : 1988

Type : Journal article

Subject : History

Keywords : economy;foreigners

Journal : International History Review

Volume : 10

Number : 2

Start page : 238

End page : 260

Language:Name : English

Support : Print

Abstract : In 1914 Shanghai was a city that attracted foreigners from all over the world. They made it a city of compromise, built on treaties and trade regulations as much as on municipal structures. Foreigners lived and traded within it and enjoyed special tariffs and legal privileges - a system which worked to the disadvantage of the Chinese. The author describes the impact of the outbreak of World War I on Shanghai's trade and civic organizations and the parallel consequences of institutional change on local diplomacy.