Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Weights and Measures ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter One. The “Little Shanghai”: Urbanization of Wuxi City 17
7. Chapter Two. Wuxi Elites and Infrastructure: Urbanization of the Countryside 38
8. Chapter Three. Local Elites and the State: Managing Wuxi during the Warlord Era 55
9. Chapter Four. Abolish the County to Establish the City (Fei xian wei shi) 72
10. Chapter Five. The Nationalist State and Rural Infrastructure 89
11. Chapter Six. A Connected City: Native Place Societies, Migration, and Disaster Relief 108
12. Chapter Seven. Threads of Silk: Economic Recovery in Occupied Wuxi 127
13. Chapter Eight. The Utility of Rubble: Rebuilding the City and the Countryside 146
14. Chapter Nine. A Militarized Environment: Japanese Impact on Daily Life 163
15. Conclusion 180
16. Character List 187
17. Notes 193
18. Bibliography 237
19. Index 261