Table of Contents for Culturing Modernity

Table of Contents for Culturing Modernity

Introduction

1.The Model in Myth and Reality

The History and Geography of Nantong

Prelude: 1894-1903

Transformation: 1903-1914

Zhang’s Trip to Japan; Constitutional Waves; Village-ism; Local Self-government Reform; New Initiatives

Model Campaign: 1914-1921

Turning Point; Investigative Tourism; Growing Fame; The Model at Its Height; Show Time

Myth Making

2.The Model in Space and Time

The Reconfiguration of Space

The New Downtown; Suburbs; Architecture and Landscape; Visitors’ Impressions

The Changing Concept of Time

National Time; Factory Time and the Clock; The Control of Time

3.The Model in Print

The Rise of the Press

Landmark Publications

Documents of Industrial Development in Tongzhou; Achievements of Nantong Local Self-government in the Last Nineteen Years; Illustrated Gazetteer of Nantong County; Nantong Industry, Education, Philanthropy, Scenery

Other Media

The Zhangs’ Newspapers; Tonghai xinbao; Film Production Companies; Popular Print Culture

4.The Model on Display

The Nantong Museum

Zhang Jian’s Initial Proposal; The Creation of the Nantong Museum; The Control of the Museum; The Exhibitory Function of the Museum

Schools as Exhibitory Institutions

Sports Meets; Public Speaking; Celebrity Speakers

Theater and Performance

A Perfect Match; The Reform; Setbacks; One Man’s Theater

5.The Model in Decline

Economic Crisis

Causes of the Mill’s Financial Troubles; Casualties of the Dasheng Decline; Financial Maneuvers; The Changing of the Guard

The Political Demise of the Zhang Family

The Rise of Zhang Xiaoruo; The Assembly and Speaker Campaigns; Popular Protests; Impact on the Zhangs

Political and Social Instability

Campus Unrest; Political Parties

6.The Model as Past

The Right to Remember

Mechanisms of Memory

The Issue of Preservation

The Meaning of Remembrance

Conclusion

Notes

Chinese Names and Terms

Bibliography

Index