INTRODUCTORY—THE BIBLIOPHILES AND THEIR LIBRARY ACTIVITY IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF SHANGHAI 1
The cangshulou and the bibliophiles 2
Characteristics of the cangshulou 5
CHAPTER ONE—THE EARLY FOREIGN LIBRARIES 10
The social situation during the city's formation 10
Cultural activity and the role of the missionaries 14
The establishment of foreign libraries 18
The Public Library,S.M.C.(1849-1912) 20
Other foreign libraries 32
Acquisition of Sinological materials 39
Reading needs of the foreign community 41
Book organization 45
Library management 51
CHAPTER TWO—THE RISE OF MODERN CHINESE 62
LIBRARIANSHIP 62
Social background 62
Moves towards modern libraries 65
The origin of Chinese libraries in Shanghai 68
Libraries and publishing 72
Libraries for preserving the national heritage 77
Libraries and education 83
Libraries and society 86
Yuzhai tushuguan 88
Foreign libraries 90
General trends of the library development in this period 94
CHAPTER THREE—LIBRARY PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE 106
Social background 106
National situation in librarianship 109
Popular library movement in Shanghai 113
Private libraries opening to public 115
Special libraries 130
Christian libraries 137
Other foreign libraries 138
University and college libraries 139
School Libraries 145
Shanghai Library Association and its activity 147
CHAPTER FOUR—THE PRIME OF CITY LIBRARIANSHIP 161
Social background 161
The library situation 164
The birth of municipal libraries in Shanghai 168
New restrictions on private libraries 186
Popular libraries 188
Educational libraries 195
Society and institute libraries 200
Official libraries 208
Public Library,SMC 211
CHAPTER FIVE—LIBRARIES DURING THE WAR 229
Japanese attacks on Shanghai 229
Destruction of books and libraries 231
The library scene in the Lonely Island 236
The newly-founded libraries 237
The library situation in occupied Shanghai 252
CHAPTER SIX—LIBRARIES IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD:1946-1949 262
Social situation 262
Libraries in crisis 264
Restoration of the Shanghai Municipal Library 264
The Zhonghua Sparetime Library 270
The Oriental Economics Library 274
The final post-war phase 275
CONCLUSION 281
LIST OF SOURCES 288
GLOSSARY 324
POSTSCRIPT 351
1．Early foreign settlements in Shanghai 11
2．Foreign Population of Shanghai,1843-1936 13
3．Population of Shanghai,1840-1936 13
4．The Xujiahui cangshulou 34
5．Title-page from Catalogue of the NCBRAS Library(1894) 36
6．Title-page from Catalogue of the Shanghai Library(1872) 46
7．Preface to the Catalogue of the Shanghai Gezhi shuyuan,commenting on the new library building 70
8．Preface to a collection of letters relating to the founding of the Jiangsu diyi tushuguan 82
9．The building of the Oriental Library 126
10．A cataloguing card accompanying the Wanyou wenku series 129
11．Petition to the Shanghai Education Bureau from members of the Reader's Society of the Shanghai Communication Library(4 July 1929) 174
12．The Shanghai Municipal Government's order of 24 September 1929 175
13．The building of the City Library of Greater Shanghai 183
14．The Ant Library's ownership stamps and gift-plates 193
15．La Bibliotheque Sino-internationale at 5 Florissant,Geneva and its branch at 393 Ferguson Avenue,Shanghai 203
16．The destroyed buildings of the Oriental Library 232
17．Zhang Yuanji's last letter to Gu Tinglong(18 June 1953) 244
18．The Shanghai Municipal Library on the 3rd floor of the Fuzhou Road Market 266
19．The plan of the Shanghai Municipal Library 268
1．Analysis of stock,1872 and 1894(Shanghai Library) 47
2．Classification and number of books in 1912(Shanghai Library) 47
3．Classification of the Xujiahui cangshulou 49
4．The Hanfenlou classification for new books 97
5．The Gezhi shuyuan classification for new books 98
6．Library of Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce:statistics,1923-1929 122
7．Library holdings of local historical records(the Oriental Library) 127
8．Statistics of some municipal libraries(1936) 181
9．Visitors to the Shanghai Children's Library 248