1. Introduction: The Habitable City in Chinese History
2. The Chinese Corpsmen in the Shanghai Volunteer Corps
3. Kunimg Dreaming: Hope, Change, and War in the Autobiographies of Youth in China’s Southwest
4. Securing the City, Securing the Nation: Militerization and Urban Police Work in Dalian, 1945-1953
5. To See and Be Seen: Horse Racing in Shanghai, 1848-1945
6. Second Class Workers: Gender, Industry and Locality in Workers' Welfare Provision in Revolutionary China
7. A utopian Garden City: Zhang Jingsheng’s ‘Beautiful Beijing’
8. Habitability in the Treaty Ports: Shanghai and Tianjin
9. Urbanization and Nature in China: the example of Lake Tai
10. Conclusion.