Chapter 8. Defining Beiping Urban Reconstruction and National Identity, 1928–1936

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Chapter 1. Modernity and Nation in the Chinese City 1
6. Part I: The Modernist City
7. Chapter 2. Canton Remapped 19
8. Chapter 3. Hygienic Modernity in Tianjin 30
9. Chapter 4. Urban Identity and Urban Networks in Cosmopolitan Cities: Banks and Bankers in Tianjin, 1900–1937 47
10. Chapter 5. Railway City and National Capital Two Faces of the Modern in Changchun 65
11. Chapter 6. Yang Sen in Chengdu Urban Planning in the Interior 90
12. Part II: Tradition and Modernity
13. Chapter 7. Tourism and Spatial Change in Hangzhou, 1911–1927 107
14. Chapter 8. Defining Beiping Urban Reconstruction and National Identity, 1928–1936 121
15. Chapter 9. Building a Dream Constructing a National Capital in Nanjing, 1927–1937 139
16. Part III: City and Nation
17. Chapter 10. Wuhan’s Search for Identity in the Republican Period 161
18. Chapter 11. The City as Nation: Creating a Wartime Capital in Chongqing 174
19. Chapter 12. Locating Old Shanghai Having Fits about Where It Fits 192
20. Chapter 13. New Chinese Cities 211
21. Notes 225
22. Glossary 245
23. Bibliography 251
24. Contributors 273
25. Index 275