Season 3 · Episode 3
S3E2: That Sweet Gangland Music
The Colonial Department · The Colonial Department
July 13, 202216m 8s
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Show Notes
<html><p>In 1930s Shanghai, the sweet sound of slot machines and swinging bands soundtracked the bars and nightclubs of the city’s seedy underworld. Guess where they all came from.</p><p>Follow us on IG: <u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecolonialdept/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thecolonialdept/</a></u></p><p>References:</p><p>French, Paul (2018). <em>City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai</em>. Picador.</p><p>French, Paul (February 2018). “Gangs of Shanghai.” <em>That’s Shanghai</em>, 40-41.</p><p>Guingona, Phillip (2016). “The Sundry Acquaintances of Dr. Albino Z. Sycip: Exploring the Shanghai-Manila Connection, circa 1910-1940.” <em>Journal of World History, </em>27(1), 27-52. <u><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43901823" target="_blank">https://www.jstor.org/stable/43901823</a></u></p><p>Yamomo, Mele (2015). “Brokering sonic modernities: Migrant Manila musicians in the Asia Pacific, 1881-1948.” <em>Popular Entertainment Studies</em>, 6(2), 22-37.</p><p>Crow, Carl and Kowalsky, V.V. (1935). “Illustrated Historical Map of Shanghai.” (Map) Norman B. Levinthal Map Center Collection at the Boston Public Library. <u><a href="https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:x633f974z" target="_blank">https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:x633f974z</a></u></p><p>Cover photo by Malcolm Rosholt, courtesy of Mei-Fei Elrick and Tess Johnston, University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China</p></html>