Part I: Pre-contact to the Treaty of Vienna -- 1. Beverstad -- 2. An Island in the Center of its Hinterland -- 3. Port and Entrepot -- Part II: The Displaced Nineteenth Century -- 4. Catastrophic Agglomeration -- 5. A Port in Time -- 6. Manufacturing Employment at Mid-Century -- 7. Huddled...

1. Introduction -- 2. Extant Studies: The Dominance of Large Cities -- 3. The Case Study Approach to City Analysis -- 4. Quanzhou: Reclaiming a Glorious Past -- 5. From Obscurity to Global Prominence: Yiwu's Emergence as an International Trade Hub -- 6. Nanning: Perils and Promise of a Frontier...