Chuck Wooldridge is assistant professor of history at Lehman College, City University of New York, and codirector of the Modern China Seminar, Columbia University.

Acknowledgments
Reign Dates of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Introduction: An Age of Utopian Visions
1. The Qianlong Emperor's Tours of the Imperial City, 1751-84
2. Literati Politics in the Early Nineteenth Century
3. Wang Shiduo's Flight from the New Jerusalem, 1853-64
4. Zeng Guofan's Construction of a Ritual Center, 1864-72
5. Chen Zuolin Reassembles the Poetic City, 1872-1912
Conclusion: Elements of Utopia
Abbreviations Used in the Notes
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Chuck Wooldridge is assistant professor of history at Lehman College, City University of New York, and codirector of the Modern China Seminar, Columbia University.