In the Shadow of the Rising Sun
Shanghai under Japanese Occupation

The authors of this 2004 volume examine the Chinese War of Resistance against the Japanese in the Shanghai area.

Christian Henriot (Edited by), Wen-hsin Yeh (Edited by)

9780521103343, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 March 2009

408 pages, 1 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.59 kg

"Generally speaking, the fourteen essays that comprise this collection probe the grey areas that characterized life in Shanghai during the occupation, and grey areas there surely were—between, for example, collaboration and resistance, or hero and traitor.... Most people inhabited the space between extremes, and it is here, in the realm of the ordinary, that these essays make their mark. Well-researched, cogently presented, and generally quite readable, they add texture and depth to our understanding of the ways by which Chinese living in their nation's most important metropolitan center dealt with the dislocations imposed by the war and occupation.... This collection is a most welcome addition to the field." - Journal of Asian History

The authors of this 2004 volume consult Chinese and Western archival materials to examine the Chinese War of Resistance against the Japanese in the Shanghai area. They argue that the war in China was a nationalistic endeavour carried out without an effective national leadership. Wartime Chinese activities in Shanghai drew upon social networks rather than ideological positions and these activities cut across lines of military and political divisions. Instead of the stark contrast between heroic resistance and shameful collaboration, wartime experience in the city is more aptly summed up in terms of bloody struggles between those committed to normalcy in everyday life and those determined to bring about its disruption through terrorist violence and economic control. The volume offers an evaluation of the strategic significance of the Shanghai economy in the Pacific War. It also draws attention to the feminisation of urban public discourse against the backdrop of intensified violence. The essays capture the last moments of European settlements in Shanghai under Japanese occupation.

Preface
Introduction Christian Henriot
Part I: 1. Shanghai industries under Japanese occupation Christian Henriot
2. Chinese capitalists in wartime Shanghai 1937–45 Parks M. Coble
3. Marketing medicine across enemy lines Sherman Cochran
4. Crossing enemy lines Allison Rottmann
5. Shanghai Smuggling Frederic Wakeman
Part II: 6. The Great Way government of Shanghai Timothy Brook
7. Resistance and cooperation Brian G. Martin
8. From revenge to treason Alain Roux
9. Settlers and diplomats Robert Bickers
10. The bumpy end of the French concession and French influence in Shanghai Christine Cornet
Part III: 11. Back to business as usual Carlton Benson
12. 'Women's Culture of Resistance' Susan Glosser
13. Fashioning public intellectuals Nicole Huang
14. Women and wartime Shanghai Paul G. Pickowicz
Index.

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS], Second World War [HBWQ], Asian history [HBJF]