1. City versus countryside : the growth of an urban identity and its meanings in Canton -- 2. The limits of hatred : popular attitudes towards the West in Republican Canton -- 3. The 'problem' of opium smoking in Canton -- 4. Gambling in Canton : myth and reality of a calamity -- 5. The worlds of prostitution in the early republic -- 6. Cantonese opera as a mirror of society
Summary
This book broadens our understanding of the culture and society of Canton, the largest metropolis in South China, in the period between the two World Wars