Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Illustrations IX
4. Preface XI
5. Acknowledgments XVII
6. A Note on Romanization and Currency XIX
7. One. A Twentieth-Century Walled City 1
8. Two. The Rickshaw: Machine for a Mixed-up Age 20
9. Three. Rickshaw Men: Careers of the Laboring Poor 38
10. Four. Policemen as Mediators and Street-Level Bureaucrats 65
11. Five. Jeweler, Banker, and Restaurateur: Power Struggles in the Beijing Chamber of Commerce 98
12. Six. Profits and People's Livelihood: The Politics of Streetcar Development 121
13. Seven. Bosses, Guilds, and Work Gangs: Labor Politics and the Sprouts of Unionism 142
14. Eight. Citizens in a New Public Sphere: Widening Circles of Political Participation 167
15. Nine. City People Under Siege: The Impact of Warlordism 198
16. Ten. Union and Faction: Organized Labor in the Wake of the Northern Expedition 222
17. Eleven. Machine-Breakers: The Streetcar Riot of October 22,1929 241
18. Twelve. Order and Movement in City Politics 284
19. Notes 294
20. Bibliography 343
21. Index 357