Life in Treaty Port China and Japan
This edited volume moves beyond the traditional examination of the treaty ports of China and Japan as places of cultural interaction. It moves ‘beyond the Bund’, presenting instead the history of material culture, the everyday life of the residents o
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Edited by Donna Brunero and Stephanie Villalta Puig
Life in Treaty Port China and Japan
Donna Brunero • Stephanie Villalta Puig Editors
Life in Treaty Port China and Japan
Editors Donna Brunero National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore
Stephanie Villalta Puig The University of Hull Kingston upon Hull, UK
ISBN 978-981-10-7367-0 ISBN 978-981-10-7368-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7368-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018932910 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Yokohama Archives of History Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
Foreword
Nothing has ever shouted ‘treaty port’ more loudly than Shanghai’s iconic Bund. And no country ever tried as hard to end the system of ‘unequal’ treaties that created these ports as did China. Yet, as this truly interdisciplinary volume demonstrates, treaty ports were neither only Chinese nor confined to Shanghai. Indeed, my first visit to a former treaty port was not to Shanghai or anywhere else in China, but to Yokohama, as a very young boy, decades ago on an American passenger ship en route from San Francisco to Hong Kong. It was the first time I had ever seen snow—only a light, white dusting, but enough to remind me I was truly in a foreign land. The souvenir I purchased was a handmade figurine of a Japanese child, dressed in what then would have been called ‘traditional costume’. J.E. Hoare’s chapter in this book reminded me that these ‘sites of memory’ have different meanings in Japan than they do in China, partly because of the two nations’ di
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