Acknowledgement/1
Abstract/3
Introduction/1
Chapter
Ⅰ The origin of the police in the French Concession/21
1 The legal bases of
the police in the French Concession/21
2 Special geography of jurisdictions
in Shanghai/40
3 Urbanisation and new challenges for the
police/48
4 The network of the French Colonial Empire/55
Chapter
Ⅱ Organisation of the police/61
1 Control of the police by the French
Consul/61
2 Militarisation and professionalisation of the
police/70
3 Organisations and functions of the police in the
1930s/102
4 Police costs and revenue/106
Chapter Ⅲ The police force in
the French Concession/113
1 A multinational police
force/11
2 Standards of recruitment/124
3 Training and the courses to
become a policeman/136
4 Salariesandwelfarebenefits/140
5 Job
stability and career/171
6 A day in the life of a policeman in
Shanghai/191
Chapter Ⅳ Police and politics: A history of the political
section of the police/195
1 Organisation of the Political Section and its
functions/195
2 The Guomindang and the Chinese communists in the French
Concession/207
3 The Japanese factor/223
General
Conclusion/236
Tables
Table 1.1 Population growth in the three
areas of Shanghai, 1865–1937/49
Table 1.2 Population in Shanghai’s French
Concession, 1865–1936/50
Table 1.3 Statistics of male and female population
in Shanghai’s French Concession, 1910–36/51
Table 1.4 Statistics of reported
rape in the French Concession/55
Table 2.1 A list of the disputes between the
French Consul and the MAC, after which the MAC
was
dissolved/62
Table 2.2a International Settlement of Shanghai/73
Table
2.2b French Concession of Shanghai/74
Table 2.3 Comparison of salaries in
1907 and 1908/75
Table 2.4 Proposed housing conditions for European
policemen/76
Table 2.5 Cards established by the French police and SMP,
1911–13/77
Table 2.6 Numbers of Chinese and European policemen,
1913–19/78
Table 2.7 Criminal gangs arrested from 1920 to 1927/85
Table
2.8 Statistics of theft, kidnapping and armed robbery in the French Concession
of
Shanghai/85
Table 2.9 Police budge within the Municipal budget,
1911–37/107
Table 2.10 Costs of personnel, police equipment, and defence of
the concession/108
Table 2.11 Infringements of municipal regulations
resulting in fines imposed directly
by the police/109
Table
2.12 Cost of hiring a policeman as a watchman/110
Table 3.1 The number of
European and Chinese policemen, 1871–1906/116
Table 3.2 French personnel,
1930–37/118
Table 3.3 Native province of the Chinese policemen/132
Table
3.4 Professions before entering into the police/134
Table 3.5 Salary scale
for French personnel of the Municipal Guards in 1920/142
Table 3.6 A
comparason of salary scales for French personnel of the Municipal Guards in
1934
and 1920/144
Table 3.7 Monthly salaries of policemen in
1913/145
Table 3.8 A comparison of monthly salaries of low-ranked policemen,
1911– 37/146
Table 3.9 Salaries of the Russian policemen, c.1934/147
Table
3.10 A Comparaison of salaries between the employees of Public Works and the
Police
in 1930 and 1931/149
Table 3.11 Monthly salaries in the SMP
and the Municipal Guards (1896)/151
Table 3.12 Salaries of Chinese policemen
in the Municipal Guards, 1897 and 1899/152
Table 3.13 A comparison of the
number of policemen in the two concessions of Shanghai/154
Table 3.14 Price
index for Shanghai workers/155
Table 3.15 Monthly salaries of Chinese and
French constables, 1926–37/156
Tables 3.16a, b, c Marriage statistics of
French policemen in 1942/165
Table 3.17 Comments for a promotion/173
Table
3.18 The exam of appointment/174
Table 3.19 Chief Sergeant Exam/174
Table
3.20 The technical police exam/175
Table 3.21 Exam for District Supervisor
diploma/176
Table 3.22 The years of service for 103 Chinese
policemen/183
Table 3.23 Reasons for leaving the police force/183
Table
3.24 Reasons for the Chinese policemen to leave the police in 1911/184
Table
3.25 List of fines on 9 November 1936/192
Table 4.1 Comparison of arrests and
condemnations of communists in the French Concession/219
Figures
Figure
1.1 Crime statistics in Shanghai’s French Concession, 1911–37/54
Figure
2.1 The structure of the police force in the 1930s/102
Figure 3.1 Range of
salaries in the hierarchy of the French Police in Shanghai in 1920/141
Figure
3.2 Salary index of Chinese and French constables/156
Figure 3.3 Police
sickness record (number of days absent)/163