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Tables of Contents for Beyond the Neon Lights
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
List of Tables
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Notes on Chinese Currency and Romanization
xvii
Introduction
1
2
Urban-Rural Relations: A Continuum or a Gulf?
3
5
The City and Modernity: The Making of a Commercial Culture
8
9
How ``China-Centered'' Are We?
17
8
PART 1 IN SEARCH OF AN URBAN IDENTITY
Going to Shanghai
25
42
From Segregation to Mixed Residence
25
11
From the ``Five Lakes and Four Seas''
36
19
Dragons and Fishes Jumbled Together
55
12
The World of Rickshaws
67
42
Rickshaws
68
7
Rickshaw Pullers
75
6
The Other Side of the Coin
81
28
PART 2 A PLACE TO STICK AN AWL
Escaping the Shantytown
109
29
A Museum of Global Architecture
110
6
Shantytowns
116
10
Shantytown Dwellers
126
5
Factory Employment: A Shantytown Dream
131
7
The Homes of the Little Urbanites
138
51
The Rise of the Modern Real Estate Market
139
4
The Evolution of Alleyway Houses
143
17
Second Landlords
160
7
The Shikumen Melange
167
22
PART 3 UNDER THE EAVES OF SHANGHAI
Behind Stone Portals
189
54
The Men Who Woke Up a City
189
9
Peddlers
198
20
Neighbors
218
25
Beyond Stone Portals
243
51
Commerce in a Living Room
243
25
The ``Little Food'' Markets
268
8
Shopping on the Block
276
10
The Politics of Intervention
286
8
Conclusion
294
29
The Past
296
11
The West
307
8
The Communists
315
8
Appendix 1: A Survey of the Origins of Shanghai Residents
323
6
Appendix 2: List of Informants
329
4
Notes
333
60
References Cited
393
34
Glossary and Index
427