| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·Background | 第10-12页 |
| ·Research Questions and Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Thesis Structure | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| ·Neighborhood and Community | 第15-18页 |
| ·Urban Landscape | 第18-20页 |
| ·Place and Language | 第20-22页 |
| ·Cultural Heritage | 第22-24页 |
| ·Cultural Memory | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Research Methodology | 第27-33页 |
| ·Ethnography as a Way of Data Collection | 第27-31页 |
| ·Approaching Dongpingxiang Community: Challenges and Reflections | 第28-30页 |
| ·Collecting Text from the Local Gazetteers | 第30-31页 |
| ·Writing as an Ethnographic Inquiry | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Analytical Framework | 第33-40页 |
| ·Critical Discourse as an Analytical Perspective | 第33-36页 |
| ·Narrative as a Way of Meaning Construction and Understanding | 第36-38页 |
| ·Subtle Words with Deep Meaning---Chinese Mode of Narrative | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Neighborhood of Benevolence in the Confucian Perspective | 第40-50页 |
| ·A Genealogical Study of Neighborhood in Ancient China | 第40-45页 |
| ·Confucian idea of the Neighborhood: a Place with Benevolence | 第45-48页 |
| ·Discussion | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Interpreting Dongpingxiang from the Local Gazetteers | 第50-69页 |
| ·The Origin of Difangzhi or Local Gazetteer Writing | 第50-55页 |
| ·The Discursive Formation of Dongpingxiang (or Dongpingmiao xiang) | 第55-63页 |
| ·The Discursive Formation of Jishanfang xiang (or Baisuili) | 第63-67页 |
| ·Discussion | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter Ⅶ The Transformation from Neighborhood to Community | 第69-81页 |
| ·From Neighborhood to Community | 第70-71页 |
| ·The construction of neighborhood space from the 1950s to the 1980s | 第71-76页 |
| ·The Modern Community and the Role of Public Space | 第76-81页 |
| Chapter Ⅶ Conclusion | 第81-85页 |
| Bibliography | 第85-92页 |
| Appendix | 第92-114页 |
