Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction. Mobile Bodies, Mobile Technologies, and Immobile Mobility 1
6. 1. Market Reforms, Global Linkages, and (Dis) continuity in Post-Socialist China 29
7. 2. “My First Big Urban Purchase” 63
8. 3. Navigating Mobile Networks of Sociality and Intimacy 91
9. 4. Picturing the Self, Imagining the World 119
10. 5. Mobile Communication and Labor Politics 145
11. Conclusion. The Mobile Assemblage and Social Change in China 177
12. Appendix: The Fieldwork 189
13. Notes 195
14. Bibliography 229
15. Index 257
16. About the Author 264