The Cangtong Imigrants And Their Architectures In Modern Shanghai Before 1949

Modern Shanghai was a Far East metropolis built by the imigrants of both domestic and overseas. There was a sense of nostalgia in the mind of the domestic imigrants, so they always gathered in groups to seek developments. With various reasons, there were quite a lot of Cangtong imigrants in modern Shanghai. They brought about great influence on the development of the city and architectures of Shanghai. This dissertation holds the sociological points of view. It introduces all sorts of activities of the Cangtong imigrants in modern Shanghai in order to explain their influence on the development of the city and architectures of Shanghai, and meanwhile, unveil the features of the development. This dissertation generally separates into the following 3 topics: 1^st is about the habitats distribution and the architectural features of the Cangtong imigrants in Shanghai; 2^nd is about the region related space networks and the hometown rebuilding of the Cangtong imigrants in Shanghai; 3^rd is about the real estate developed by the Cangtong born businessmen, the 4 main department stores founded by the Cangtong born overseas Chinese, and the urban commercial scene of Shanghai. The discussion of these 3 topics is to show the great influence the Cangtong imigrants made on the development of the architectural types, the formation of the citizen space, the urbanization, and the formation of the new urban commercial center in Shanghai.Up to now, there are plenty of studies on the city and architectures of Shanghai, but it is still new to study the influence made by a single clan group on the city and architectures of Shanghai. In this aspect, this dissertation is original.