Shanghai and the edges of empires /
Meng, Yue,1956-
Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index.
Introduction: the border of histories -- Part I. Cosmic and semiotic centers of knowledge -- 1. The shifting locations of the translation of science -- 2. Semiotic modernity: the politics of philology and compilation -- Part II. The carnival and the radical -- 3. Urban festivity as a disruptive history -- 4. In search of a habitable globe -- Part III. Interiors projecting the globe -- 5. Reenvisioning the urban interior: gardens and the paradox of the public sphere -- 6. The rise of an entertainment cosmopolitanism -- Conclusion: Chinese cosmopolitanism repositioned.