The Habitable City in China

1. Introduction: The Habitable City in Chinese History
Toby Lincoln, Xu Tao

2. The Chinese Corpsmen in the Shanghai Volunteer Corps
Xu Tao

3. Kunming Dreaming: Hope, Change, and War in the Autobiographies of Youth in China’s Southwest
Aaron William Moore

4. Securing the City, Securing the Nation: Militarization and Urban Police Work in Dalian, 1945–1953
Christian A. Hess

5. To See and Be Seen: Horse Racing in Shanghai, 1848–1945
Ning Jennifer Chang

6. Second-Class Workers: Gender, Industry, and Locality in Workers’ Welfare Provision in Revolutionary China
Robert Cliver

7. A Utopian Garden City: Zhang Jingsheng’s ‘Beautiful Beijing’
Leon Antonio Rocha

8. Habitability in the Treaty Ports: Shanghai and Tianjin
Isabella Jackson

9. Urbanization and Nature in China: The Example of Lake Tai
Toby Lincoln

10. Conclusion: Are Chinese Cities Becoming More Habitable?
Karl Gerth

Nyckelord: Political Science and International Relations, Asian Politics, Urban History, Asian Culture, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urbanism, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns)