"As Joseph Esherick puts it, this collection of essays serves to illustrate the attempt to construct cities that would be both modern and Chinese (p.1). Historically, the West has been the undisputed producer of all things modern, and China's attempts at achieving a uniquely Chinese modernity have been problematic. This volume of essays both highlights the successes in creating urban spaces that are Chinese and modern, as well as underscores the difficulties of such an endeavor." -Sharon Chen
Remaking the Chinese City: Modernity and National Identity, 1900-1950.
Edited by Joseph W. Esherick
Cartography by Dick Gilbreath
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2000.
"As Joseph Esherick puts it, this collection of essays serves to illustrate the attempt to construct cities that would be both modern and Chinese (p.1). Historically, the West has been the undisputed producer of all things modern, and China's attempts at achieving a uniquely Chinese modernity have been problematic. This volume of essays both highlights the successes in creating urban spaces that are Chinese and modern, as well as underscores the difficulties of such an endeavor." -Sharon Chen 
Chengdu