Yannan Ding is Associate Professor at the Centre for Historical Geography Studies at Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The City and Its Other: A Brief Historical Geography.- 3. Housing and the Political Economy of Urban China.- 4. Chengzhongcun and Its Residents: Empirical Findings.- 5. Resistance, Public Art and Citizenship.- 6. Slum Tourism: Towards Inclusive Urbanism?.- 7. Conclusion.

“For historians, geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, architects, political scientists, urban planners and art historians who share the same interest in urban studies, including global and local urban history, urban planning and governance, urban artistic practices, and urban tourism, this book may offer scholastic inspiration, bring inter-disciplinary dialogue, and point the way for future research in this field.” (Fanghao Chen, Urban Studies, Vol. 60 (5), 2023)