Doug Clark, a practicing lawyer who has lived in China, Japan and Korea for over 25 years, has trawled through dusty archives around the world to bring back to life this long-forgotten exotic world.
"A pathbreaking study of an important but long neglected topic,
this book is a fascinating read and invaluable resource for anyone
with an interest in law, empire and history in modern East Asia."
--Dani Botsman, author, Punishment and Power in the Making of
Modern Japan, and Professor of History, Yale University.
"A fascinating account of an extraordinary historical period with a
wealth of intriguing characters--and a serious matter at its core."
--Jonathan Fenby, author, The Penguin History of Modern China
"A vital read. Here we find a century of foreign judges, lawyers
and consuls attempting to control a city that attracted a legion of
adventurers, criminals and sharks like no other in history. Gunboat
Justice reveals the intersection of Shanghai's formal
administration and its dark underbelly. The most important book on
Shanghai's history for several decades." --Paul French, author,
Midnight in Peking, winner of the Edgar Allan Poe award for best
Fact Crime writing
"For the first time, we now have a comprehensive, well-informed and
humane account of the people and procedures in the British and
American courts of East Asia. Doug Clark's book brings that world
to life, and restores it to its place in our histories of the era
of the 'unequal treaties.'" --Robert Bickers, author, Empire Made
Me and The Scramble for China 1832-1914
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