Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration xi
5. Introduction: Building the Concrete Plateau 1
6. 1. Circulations and Dreams on the Urbanizing Plateau 22
7. 2. Remembering Xining 48
8. 3. Civilized City 71
9. 4. Uncivilized City 97
10. 5. Building a Tibetan Xining 123
11. Conclusion: Urbanization as Civilizing Machine 147
12. Afterword 155
13. Notes 159
14. References 181
15. Index 203