Remaking the Chinese City: Modernity and National Identity, 1900-1950

American historians and Chinese historians working in US universities examine the modernist transformation of ten Chinese cities in the first half of the 20th century as government elites sought to make their cities both modern and distinctly Chinese. Rather than the failure and decay most previous scholars have found in the period, they describe an exciting urban world in constant and fundamental change. The 13 essays were originally presented to the September 1996 conference Beyond Shanghai, held in San Diego. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR