Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction 3
7. Enter the Cultural Entrepreneur 9
8. Cultural Personalities
9. Between the Literata and the New Woman 35
10. The Butterfly Mark 62
11. Culture by Post 92
12. Tycoons
13. Aw Boon Haw, the Tiger from Nanyang 121
14. One Chicken, Three Dishes 150
15. Collective Enterprises
16. Local Entrepreneurs, Transnational Networks 181
17. Cultural Consumption and Cosmopolitan Connections 207
18. Cultural Entrepreneurship in the Twilight 234
19. Epilogue 259
20. Glossary 283
21. Bibliography 295
22. Contributors 317
23. Index 320
24. Contemporary Chinese Studies 331