Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Chapter One. Private Light and Colonial Power 1
4. Chapter Two. In the Beginning: China Light & Power, 1900– 1940 25
5. Chapter Three. War, Occupation, and New Possibilities: 1941– 1946 67
6. Chapter Four. “A Problem of People”: 1947– 1958 89
7. Chapter Five. Electricity as a Political Project: 1959– 1964 117
8. Chapter Six. “Die- Hard Reactionary” in the Expanding Colonial State: 1964– 1973 160
9. Chapter Seven. “Intelligent Anticipation” for “1997 and All That”: 1974– 1982 192
10. Chapter Eight. Sing the City Electric 213
11. Acknowledgments 225
12. Notes 229
13. Bibliography 261
14. Index 279