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Index
Cover
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Dramatis Personae
Introduction
1. Foothold
Foundations and Original Residents, (1910s–1940s)
After the Communist Revolution (1950s–1970s)
A New Generation Comes of Age (1970s–1980s)
Alleyway Homes as a Microhistorical Stage
2. Haven
Domestic Artifacts as Historical Witnesses
Home Searches: The Cultural Revolution in the Alleyway
Petty Urbanites: Reinventing Privacy in the Reform Era
Thrift, Bricolage, and Nostalgia for the Alleyway
3. Gossip
A Cultural Genealogy of Shanghai Gossip
Alleyway Space as a Milieu for Gossip
Several Lifetimes to a Life: Women on the Margins
A Room of Her Own: The Whispers of Aunt Duckweed
4. Demolition
Demolition Micropolitics
Ruins of the Old Neighborhood
Nail Houses and Rustless Bolts
Coda
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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