Locating Shanghai

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Locating Shanghai

Globalisation, Heritage Industry, and the Economy of Urban Space

Non Akara

For Ted Bestor (1951–2024) — who taught me what a city was when it was looked at slowly.

The author with Ted Bestor at Lu Xun’s former residence, Shanghai
With Ted Bestor at Lu Xun’s former residence, Shanghai
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  1. PrologueOn Coming Back to This Book
  2. IntroductionWhere Do You Live?
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Chapter 1A Community at the Centre of the World
  5. Chapter 2Traditionalism as a Way of Life
  6. Chapter 3A Sad Trope: Inside the Pavilion Room
  7. Chapter 4Street Corner Society and Displacement
  8. Chapter 5Middleclassification
  9. Chapter 6The Rise and Fall of the Value-Added Economy
  10. Chapter 7The Meaning of Being a Man
  11. ConclusionReading the City Slowly
  12. Bibliography

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