EDITOR’S NOTE 1 SMALL TOWNS, GREAT SIGNIFICANCE —A Study of Small Towns in Wujiang County 4 PROBING DEEPER INTO SMALL TOWNS —A Study of the Small Towns in the Four Municipalities of Southern Jiangsu 79 SMALL TOWNS IN NORTHERN JIANGSU 116 SMALL TOWNS IN CENTRAL JIANGSU 180 THE SHIFT OF SURPLUS AGRICULTURAL LABOUR FORCE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS — A Survey of Four Administrative Villages in Wujiang County 234 PEASANT WORKERS IN COUNTY TOWNS 269 THE RISING OF RURAL INDUSTRY AND PROSPERITY OF TOWNS 290 ECONOMIC CONNECTIONS BETWEEN A SMALL TOWN AND ITS NEARBY CITIES 313 RESEARCH ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VILLAGES AND TOWNS OF GAOCHUN COUNTY 342 GIVE FULL PLAY TO THE ROLE OF SMALL TOWNS 374 THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SILK TOWN SHENGZE 401 A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TONGLI — AN ANCIENT CULTURAL TOWN 438 FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A RURAL REGIONAL COMMODITY CIRCULATION CENTRE — ZHENZE 475 INDEX 510