| Native Place, City, and Nation |
| Acknowledgments |
| Chapter One Introduction The Moral Excellence of Loving the Group |
| Chapter Two Foreign Imperialism, Immigration and Disorder Opium War Aftermath and the Small Sword Uprising of 1853 |
| Chapter Three Community, Hierarchy and Authority Elites and Non-elites in the Making of Native-Place Culture during the Late Qing |
| Chapter Four Expansive Practices Charity, Modern Enterprise, the City and the State |
| Chapter Five Native-Place Associations, Foreign Authority and Early Popular Nationalism |
| Chapter Six The Native Place and the Nation Anti-Imperialist and Republican Revolutionary Mobilization |
| Chapter Seven "Modern Spirit," Institutional Change and the Effects of Warlord Government Associations in the Early Republic |
| • | "Modern Spirit" and the Restructuring and Proliferation of Native-Place Organizations |
| • | Native-Place Burdens and Business in the Early Republican Period |
| Chapter Eight The Native Place and the State Nationalism, State Building and Public Maneuvering |
| Chapter Nine Conclusion Culture, Modernity and the Sources of National Identity |
| Appendix |
| Glossary |
| Bibliography |
| Index |