公共租界中的三方角力：租华政权与娱乐场所，1927-1937 = GOVERNING PLEASURE: THE REGULATION OF ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT, 1927-1937

Abstract

<P>FOCUSING ON CABARETS, DANCING HALLS, AND AMUSEMENT CENTERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT, THIS THESIS SHOWS THE COMPLEX INTERACTION OF DIFFERENT REGULATORY BODIES, INCLUDING THE SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL (SMC), CHINESE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT, AND THE KMT SHANGHAI BRANCH, WITH SOCIAL FORCES IN THE LARGER STATE-SOCIETY FRAMEWORK DURING THE NANJING DECADE.</P><P>THIS THESIS DEMONSTRATES THAT THE SMC MADE GREAT EFFORTS TO REGULATE THE ESTABLISHMENTS THROUGH A LICENSE REGIME BUT ITS ACTUAL CONTROL OVER THEM WAS LIMITED. THE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT SOUGHT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS, WHEREAS THE KMT SHANGHAI BRANCH ATTEMPTED TO PROMOTE PUBLIC MORALITY AND CIVILITY. THE SOCIETY OBEYED, IGNORED OR EXPLOITED DEMANDS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AUTHORITIES AS THEY SAW FIT THEIR NEEDS. THIS STUDY THEREFORE CONCLUDES THAT, THE FLEXIBLE SOCIETY IS THE KEY POINT OF AN UNSTABLE AND COMPLEX TRIANGLE OF STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS, AND THAT NO GOVERNMENT DURING THE NANJING DECADE AC