ONE Introductory 1
PART ONE：THE SETTING 13
TWO Politics and Population 15
THREE Site 29
FOUR Location 45
FIVE The Opening of the City to Foreign Trade and Its Early Development 57
SIX The Political Factor 79
PART TWO：KEY FUNCTIONS 87
SEVEN Transport Routes and Trade in the Hinterland 89
EIGHT The Trade of the Port 116
NINE How the City is Fed 133
TEN The Geography of Shanghai Manufacturing 165
ELEVEN Shanghai Today and Tomorrow 196
Bibliography 209
Notes 219