Dramatis Personae: The main characters met in the book.- Introduction.- Chapter 1 'Trembling in another's fulfillment': The space of the Hutong and its significance to Mr. Yang.- Chapter 2 'Peace in the noise': Harmony, Face and Reciprocity in Hutong spaces.- Chapter 3 'Enter the Solemnity': Social Space in the High-rise Apartment.- Chapter 4 'Things Have Been Socialised': The Variable Allocations of Value in the City.- Chapter 5 'Out of Space, Out of Speech': The Relationship Between Language and Space in the City.- Chapter 6 'Soft and Hard, Bendy and Fixed, Vase and Funnel': The Experience and Conceptualization of Living Space in the City.- Chapter 7 'Urbanised by Specialised': The Decrease in 'Overlapping Space' in the City.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.
