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Shao, Dan Shao, Dan Fu, Poshek Avrutin, Eugene Chow, Kai-Wing Gong, Jin 2016-11-10T18:27:28Z 2016-11-10T18:27:28Z 2018-11-11T10:15:45Z 2016-07-15 2016-08 This dissertation explores the transnational and colonial encounters of Sephardic Jews and Chinese in treaty-port Shanghai by examining 1) the Jewish networks of capital, goods, and market; 2) Jewish elites and their political activism; 3) transnational legal and political status of Sephardic Jewish elites in Shanghai and 4) Jewish cultural heritage in Shanghai. A central argument of this work is that as an expatriate business community living in treaty-port Shanghai, Sephardic Jews took advantage of the British colonial system to achieve wealth and at the same time established extensive contacts with the Chinese in Shanghai. As a result, they deeply influenced Shanghai’s economic, political and social institutions and rhythms of life. Using both Chinese and English archival resources, a wide range of Chinese and English language newspapers and periodicals, this study contributes new materials and analyses to three areas of scholarly research: the modern history of Shanghai, Jewish diaspora in port-cities, and colonial studies in China. Ultimately, the purpose of this study is twofold: to document the economic/social encounters of Jews and Chinese in a colonial context and to examine the urbanization and modernization process of Shanghai itself as a result of this encounter. Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2018-08-01 The student, Jin Gong, accepted the attached license on 2016-06-14 at 15:12. The student, Jin Gong, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2016-06-14 at 15:17. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2016-07-15 at 09:18. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #9666 on 2016-11-10 at 12:19:27 Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-10T18:27:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 GONG-DISSERTATION-2016.pdf: 5729816 bytes, checksum: c41ee7ee3c59f7fa838915b056a1f56b (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4205 bytes, checksum: 6d5df060f33a3a90c689284e593c4da1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-15 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 95318 Lift date: 2018-11-10T18:28:02Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Limited Restriction Lifted for Item 95318 on 2018-11-11T10:15:45Z. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/92898 en Copyright 2016 Jin Gong Sephardic Jews Treaty-port Shanghai Colonial Encounters Jewish past and colonial Shanghai: trade, treaty-port, and transitive modernity text text E Asian Languages & Cultures E Asian Languages & Cultures University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.