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Index About to Go Dancing (Jiang qiwu 將起舞), 171–172 abolition: cabarets, 61, 215, 237–238; extraterritoriality , 209 “action environment,” 81 Administrative Yuan (xingzheng yuan 行政院), 239 After Midnight (Sanxing banye 三星半夜), 182 air conditioning, 78, 90, 113, 124, 221, 295 alcohol, 6, 11, 41, 83, 138, 162, 242 Alhambra, 43 Allied powers, 178, 209, 233 Ambassador ballroom, 49, 50, 122, 123, 124, 137, 145, 154, 178, 183, 191, 193, 196, 217, 222–223, 228, 245, 256, 294, 297 Americans: cuisine, 66–67; imperialism and design of buildings in Shanghai, 31–33; impressions of Shanghai nightlife, 2–4; and influence on Shanghai ballroom culture in the 1920s, 19–29; murder of, 40–41; internment of, 209; and Jazz Age dancing, 59. See also Black American jazz musicians; jazz musicians; Smith, Whitey; US Marines Amusement (Xibao 戲報), 195,256,330n74 Andrews, J. A., 159–160 Anlegong ballroom (Palais) 安樂宮, 38, 43, 140–141, 161, 196, 215, 217, 244, 245, 265, 274, 300, 301, 303, 304 anti-America pro-Korea campaign, 271 Armstrong, Louis, 92 Army (Japanese) (lujun budui 陸軍部隊), 217 Art Deco, 1, 30, 33, 97, 99–100, 105, 163 artistry ( yi 藝), 140 Asia Development Restaurant, 206 assassination, 179, 199–201 Astor Grill, 40 Astor House, 22, 27, 30–31, 35, 38, 44, 79 Augustin and Huff, 36 austerity (jieyue 節約), 16, 236–238, 240–242, 254 Austerity Committee ( jieyue weiyuanhui 節約 委員會), 236 Austerity Networks National Affairs Committee (xiaofei jieyue dagang yejing guowu huiyi 消費節約大綱業經國務會 議), 238 Austrians: Joe and Nellie Farren, 92, 98; Walter Lunzer, 202 automobiles, 11, 76, 77, 105, 172 Avenue du Roi Albert, 91 Avenue Edward VII, 1, 35, 49, 73, 85, 122, 123, 140, 170, 192, 196, 293, 294, 298, 306 Avenue Foch, 186 Avenue Haig, 38, 41, 122, 161, 293, 296 Avenue Joffre, 1, 33, 79, 247, 250 Avenue Road, 32 “awakening,” 9, 11–12, 285, 287, 307 Axis Powers, 15 Ba Jin 巴金, 182 “bad elements” (buliang fenzi 不良分子), 219 “badlands,” 83, 187, 188, 202, 209 Bai Yan 白燕, 134–135, 188 Baikal Road, 190 Baker, Josephine, 27 Ballard, J. G.: Empire of the Sun, 209 ban on dancing ( jinwu 禁舞), 235 Bao Jinhua 鮑金花, 191 Shanghai.indb 343 2010/5/11 11:49:44 AM 344 · Index British: and International Settlement, 12, 21; balls, 22, 24, 27; internment, 200; and Shanghai real estate market, 30 British Empire, 31 brothels, 55, 59, 124, 162, 169, 189, 196, 266, 290; recruitment of dancers from, 130–132; regulation of, 210; banning, 236, 254. See also courtesan houses and prostitution Browne, SMP Commissioner, 168 Bu Wanfan 卜萬藩, 80 Bubbling Well Road, 2, 32, 37, 44, 48, 66, 92, 96, 97, 104, 122, 191, 200, 293, 298, 304, 305, 306 Buck, Pearl, 3 Buckner, Teddy, 92 Bund, The, 1, 13, 22, 29, 30, 37, 47, 76, 79, 90, 287, 289, 291 Bunny Hug, 26 business tax (yingye shui 營業稅), 278 Business Tax Bureau (shanghao shuiju 商號稅 局), 228 “Butterfly Wu” (Hu Die 胡蝶), 144, 154, 180 “buying smiles” (maixiao 買笑), 49 Cabaret Employees Cooperative Association (wuting congyeyuan xiehui 舞廳從業員協 會), 221 Cabaret Industry Labor-Management Appraisal Meeting (wuting ye laozi pingyi ronghui 舞廳業勞資評議融會), 270 Cabaret Industry Labor-Management Cooperative Meeting (wuting ye laozi xieshang huiyi 舞廳業勞資協會議), 270 Cabaret Industry Taxation Democratic Appraisal Committee (wuting ye gongshangye shui minzhu pinyi weiyuanhui 舞廳 業工商業稅民主評議委員會), 270 cabaret inspector ( jicha 稽察), 194 cabaret jargon, 157–158 Cabaret Spring Colors (Wuchang chunse 舞場 春色), 132 cabaret workers (male), 108–109, 220–221, 234, 241–242 Cabaret Workers’ Association (CWA), 239, 241, 242, 256, 257, 265, 267 cabarets as marriage markets, 128 “Barricade” (Fengsuo 封鎖), 181 bars, xiv, 21, 39–42, 238, 241–243 Bartolomeu, Jean, 192 Basie, Count, 96 bathhouses, 56, 86, 196–197, 325 Beal, Eddie, 92 Beautiful Photos of Dancing Stars (Wuxing yanying 舞星艷影), 68 Beibei 蓓蓓, 49 Beiping (Peking), 130, 133, 142 Beiping Li Li 北平李麗 (“Peking Lily”), 113, 144, 149, 164, 290 “benefactor” (kaoshan 靠山), 194 Benjamin, Walter, 4–5, 9, 11, 285, 289, 307–308 Benton, Jack, 36 Berlin, Irving, 62 Bigano, Jan, 36 Binghua 冰華, 141 Black American jazz musicians, 20, 26, 36, 92–95, 163–164, 193, 223, 277, 284, 310. See also Clayton, Buck Black Bottom, 54, 59 Black Cat (Heimao 黑貓) cabaret, 65–69, 70, 71, 76, 77, 78, 122, 134, 293, 306, 315 “black cat dance” (heimao wu 黑貓舞), 68 “black curtain” (heimu 黑幕), 196 “black eagle thief ” (heiying dao 黑鷹盜), 73 “black light” dances, 132 “Black Peony” (Hei mudan 黑牡丹), 9–10 “Blessed Spring House” (Fuchun lou 褔春 樓), 71 Blood Alley, 1, 131, 166, 196 “Blood and Spirit Extermination Corps,”203 Bloodshed at the Paramount (Bailemen daxue 百樂門大血), 181 Blowing Wind (Feng xiaoxiao 風蕭蕭), 199–200 Bolero, 92 bombings: cabarets, 177, 201–203, 204–206; Zhabei...

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