JOINING THE GLOBAL PUBLIC -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Domesticating an Alien Medium: Incorporating the Western-style Newspaper into the Chinese Public Sphere -- 2. Useful Knowledge and Appropriate Communication: The Field of Journalistic Production in Late Nineteenth Century China -- 3. Joining the Global Imaginaire: The Shanghai Illustrated Newspaper Dianshizhai huabao -- 4. New Wine in Old Bottles? Making and Reading an Illustrated Magazine from Late Nineteenth-Century Shanghai -- 5. Shanghai Leisure, Print Entertainment, and the Tabloids, xiaobao -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.