The Spring 1996 issue of Wall and Market: Chinese Urban History News has recently appeared. This new publication serves scholars of Chinese and comparative urban history by providing a forum in which information about research opportunities, newly-opened archives, and conferences may be publicized and shared. Wall and Market also publishes short essays on urban history topics, descriptions of ongoing or recently completed work, and book reviews.

IN THE SPRING 1996 ISSUE

FEATURED ESSAY. Beyond Coast and Capital: Pressures and Previsions in the Making of the Modern Chinese City, by David Strand. RESOURCES. General Resources in the Field of Urban History. Recent Dissertations Related to Chinese Urban History. Urban Studies at Sichuan University. Chinese Journal on Urban History. New Publications. CONFERENCE REPORTS. Local Chinese Archives and the Historiography of Modern China (College Park, MD, USA). Inventing Nanjing Road: Shanghai Commercial Culture (Ithaca, NY, USA). Social Transformation and Cultural Change (Wuhan, PRC). Conference Announcements. BOOK REVIEW. Ye and Esherick, Chinese Archives: An Introductory Guide.

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EDITORIAL BOARD: Lee McIsaac, University of Vermont; Mingzheng Shi,

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