Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION. Writing Urban Identity 1
4. PART I Reimagining Urban Community
5. Chapter One THE COMMUNITY OF THE MARKETPLACE 49
6. Chapter Two THE POETICS AND POLITICS OF TOWNSMAN PROPERTY 91
7. Chapter Three FROM TOWNSMAN CULTURE TO TOWNSMAN NARRATIVE 132
8. PART II Copying Characters
9. Chapter Four THE MISFORTUNE OF BEING SAVED BY ONE’S ARTS 171
10. Chapter Five REPRESENTING NORMALITY 213
11. EPILOGUE. From the Textual Townsman to Edo Urbanism 255
12. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 271
13. NOTES 277
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 303
15. INDEX 319