@article{867113, recid = {867113}, title = {The minutes of the Shanghai Municipal Council [electronic resource].}, publisher = {Gale, a part of Cengage Learning,}, address = {Farmington Hills, Mich. :}, pages = {1 online resource.}, year = {2012}, note = {Date range of documents: 1854-1943.}, abstract = {"This collection replicates all the minutes of meetings held by the Board of Directors of the Shanghai Municipal Council from July 1854 to December 1943. A wide range of topics were discussed at these board meetings, such as sanitation, transportation, telecommunication and postal service, taxation, urban planning, gas supply, street lighting, rickshaw operator management, animal protection, and police system. The minutes taken from July 1854 to December 1906 are handwritten while the rest are typewritten.".}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/867113}, }