List of Figures and TablesIntroduction 1 The Structure of This Book1 The Creation of the Water Regime, 1644-1900 1 Introduction 2 Bitter Sea: the Scarcity of Drinkable Water 3 Safe Water: the Security of Drinking Water 4 State Providers: Water Supply in the Inner City 5 Private Providers: Water Supply in the Outer City 6 The Regime of the Water Carriers 7 Conclusion2 Foreign Well Water, 1900-1909 1 Drinking Water and the Boxer Rebellion 2 Japanese Well-Drilling in Beijing 3 Foreign Wells in the Inner City 4 Foreign Wells in the Outer City 5 Conclusion3 New Water, Old Carriers, 1910-1923 1 The Foreign Proposal for Running Water 2 The Construction of Capital Waterworks 3 The Running Water Regime 4 The Foreign Well Water Regime 5 The Challenges of the Water Regime 5.1 The Internal Challenges 5.2 The Changing Nature of the Street 6 Conclusion4 The Making of the Water Lords, 1924-1927 1 Organizing the Carriers' Association 2 The Politics of the Shoulder Pole 3 The State and the Water Lords 4 The Residents and the Water Lords 5 Conclusion5 Hygienic Water: Down with the Water Lords,1928-1937 1 Reorganizing the Carriers' Association 2 Creating Hygienic Water 2.1 The Hygiene of Well Water 2.2 The Installation of Well Covers 2.3 The Construction of the Model Well 2.4 The Disinfection of Wells 2.5 Sanitizing the Water Carriers 3 Down with the Water Lords: the Municipal Government and the Carriers 4 Down with the Water Lords: The Residents and the Carriers 5 Conclusion6 Epilogue: the Water Regime after 1937 1 The Water Regime under Japanese Rule 2 The Water Regime under Communist RuleBibliographyIndex.