Introduction 7
1. Tianamen Square: A Political History of Monuments 15
2. Face of Authority: Tiananmen and Mao's Tiananmen Portrait 51
3. Displaying the People: National Day Parades and exhibition Architecture 85
4. Monumentality of Time: From Drum Tower to Hong Kong Clock 131
5. Art of the Square: From Subject to Site 165
Coda: Entering the New Millennium 235
References 246
Bibliography 260
Photo Acknowledgements 266
Index 267