Urbanizing China in war and peace the case of Wuxi County - Lincoln, Toby 1976- (Univ. of Hawaii Press, 2015)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The "Little Shanghai": urbanization of Wuxi City -- Elites and infrastructure: urbanization of the countryside -- Local elites and the state: managing Wuxi during the Warlord Era -- Abolish the county to establish the city (fei xian wei shi) -- The nationalist state and rural infrastructure -- A connected city: native place societies, migration, and disaster relief -- Threads of silk: economic recovery in occupied Wuxi -- The utility of rubble: rebuilding the city and the countryside -- The militarized environment: Japanese impact on daily life