1. Suzhou in Transition: An Introduction Beibei Tang and Paul Cheung Part 1. Historical and Cultural Transformation 2. Beautiful Su: A History of Transformations Stephen L. Koss 3. Historic Landscape and Water Heritage of Suzhou Beyond the Tourist Gaze Yi-Wen Wang and Christian Nolf 4. Bridal Fashion and Suzhou: The Development of the Tiger Hill Wedding Market Sara Sterling Part 2. Urban Development and Social Life 5. Suzhou's Modernity within Space and Spatial Relations Jiawen Han 6. Urban-Rural Relations in the Context of New Urbanization: The Case of Suzhou Sheng Zhong and Shengxi Xin 7. Social Fabric in the Wujiang District of Suzhou Paul Cheung Part 3. Administration and Governance 8. Suzhou and the City-Region: The Administrative Divisions in Historical Perspective and Rural-Urban Transition Hu De and Carolyn Cartier 9. Wujiang in Transition: Urban Development and Changing Grassroots Governance Mechanisms Beibei Tang.