Improvised city : architecture and governance in Shanghai, 1843-1937

Improvised city : architecture and governance in Shanghai, 1843-1937 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roskam, Cole (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
Subjects:
1800-1999
Architecture and society > China > Shanghai > History > 19th century.
Architecture and society > China > Shanghai > History > 20th century.
Sociology, Urban > China > Shanghai > History > 19th century.
Sociology, Urban > China > Shanghai > History > 20th century.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Architecture and society
Politics and government
Sociology, Urban
Shanghai (China) > Politics and government > 19th century.
Shanghai (China) > Politics and government > 20th century.
China > Shanghai
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Architecture of Extraterritoriality; Chapter 2: Commemoration and the Construction of a Public Sphere; Chapter 3: Building a Shanghai Public; Chapter 4: Regulation, Professionalization, and Race; Chapter 5: Engineering "Face" in an Emergent Chinese Nation-State; Chapter 6: National Architects, National Architecture; Chapter 7: A Contested Municipality; Chapter 8: Exhibiting a Modern Chinese Architecture; Epilogue: A Return to Order; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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