AMES 234K: Shanghai: From Treaty Port to Global Metropolis: Online Resources

Publishes articles and reviews on a full gamut of Chinese studies which include but are not limited to Chinese language education, Chinese linguistics, Chinese culture, Chinese literature, Chinese arts, Chinese history, Chinese society, Chinese politics and economy.

Ling long women's magazine, published in Shanghai from 1931 to 1937, was popular during a time of dramatic material, social, and political change in China. Today, the magazine offers researchers a unique glimpse into women's lives in Republican-era (1911-49) Shanghai. This site features Columbia University's collection of Ling long magazine, one of the most complete holdings outside China.

It is part of the IAO-Databases Project and contains 4,000 images(mostly before 1949). The images contain basic metadata (often including a short description) and are searchable according to the following criteria: title/subject; date; estimated periods; location; action; caption on print; caption on support; support; author; nature; repository, and general keywords. The Live Map presents images of Shanghai onn a GIS map.

Shanghai Memory is a huge project created by Shanghai Library which contains films, arts and photos of Shanghai from 1840s to 1980s. Some of the old movies could be watched under IE browser.