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Shanghai in the wake of World War I was one of the world's most dynamic, brutal and exciting cities. Into this maelstrom stepped a tough and resourceful ex-veteran Englishman to join the police. This is his story, told in part through his rediscovered photograph albums and letters.

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罗伯特·比克斯（Robert Bickers），英国布里斯托尔大学历史系教授，主要研究方向为近代中国史、殖民史，尤其是大英帝国和近代中国的关系，以及上海近代史（1843-1950）。著有Britain in China: Community, Culture and Colonialism, 1900-49（1999）, Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai (2003)。他同时主持有关近代中国海关研究以及有关近代中国历史照片的项目，担任英国校际中国中心（British Inter-University China Centre）联执主任。