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‎Rickshaw Beijing - City People And Politics In The 1920s‎

‎Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London, Univeristy of California Press, 1989. 1 volume, softcover, in-8, 364-pp., 25 illustrations, a good copy.‎

‎Contents: A Twentieth-century Walled City - The Rickshaw: Machine For A Mixed Up Age - Policemen As Mediators And Street-level Bureaucrats - Jeweler, Banker, And Restaurateur: Power Struggles In The Beijing Chamber Of Commerce - Profits And People's Livelihood: The Politics Of Streetcar Development - Bosses, Guilds, And Work Gangs: Labor Politics And The Sprouts Of Unionism - Citizens In A New Public Sphere: Widening Circles Of Political Participation - City People Under Siege: The Impact Of Warlordism - Union And Faction: Organised Labor In The Wake Of The Northern Expedition - Machine-breakers: The Streetcar Riot Of October 22, 1929 - Order And Movement In City Politics.‎