Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: City and Region in the Lower Yangzi
William T. Rowe
1. Heaven on Earth: The Rise of Suzhou, 1127-1550
Michael Marme
2. Late Ming Urban Reform and the Popular Uprising in Hangzhou
Susumu Fuma
Translated by Michael Lewis
3. Urban Society in Late Imperial Suzhou
Paolo Santangelo
Translated by Adam Victor
4. Yangzhou: A Central Place in the Qing Empire
Antonia Finnane
5. Shanghai: An Emerging Jiangnan Port, 1683-1840
Linda Cooke Johnson
Appendices
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography