Download or read book Shanghai Old Town. Topography of a Phantom City written by Katya Knyazeva and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shanghai Old Town: Topography of a Phantom City" is two-volume history and photographic atlas of the former walled city and port of Shanghai. "Volume I: The Old Docks" is a pictorial guide to the ancient lanes and historic relics of Dongjiadu, the port outside the city wall. The winding ancient streets tell the story of the region, the trades, the cults and the clans that made Shanghai a merchant capital long before the western powers built the international treaty port.