The Chinese City in Space and Time
Title | The Chinese City in Space and Time PDF eBook |
Author | Yinong Xu |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 2000-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780824820763 |
Drawing on a wealth of primary materials detailing the city's history, customs, and urban construction as well as on recent work in Chinese history, culture, and religion, Yinong Xu examines characteristics of building and transformation in pre-modern Suzhou, characteristics that, while particular to the city's own historical development, reflect or were determined by factors representative of China's urban history in general.".
The Chinese city in space and time
Title | The Chinese city in space and time PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel L. Sapirstein |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | China |
ISBN |
The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Clark |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 913 |
Release | 2013-02-14 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0199589534 |
In 2008 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time. Written by leading scholar, this is the first detailed survey of the world's cities and towns from ancient times to the present day.
The End of Tradition?
Title | The End of Tradition? PDF eBook |
Author | Nezar AlSayyad |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780415290418 |
Rooted in real-world observations, this book questions the concept of tradition. In his introduction, Nezar AlSayyad discusses the meanings of the word 'tradition' and the current debates about the 'end of tradition'. Thereafter the book is divided into three parts.
The Construction of Space in Early China
Title | The Construction of Space in Early China PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Edward Lewis |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 2012-02-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0791482499 |
This book examines the formation of the Chinese empire through its reorganization and reinterpretation of its basic spatial units: the human body, the household, the city, the region, and the world. The central theme of the book is the way all these forms of ordered space were reshaped by the project of unification and how, at the same time, that unification was constrained and limited by the necessary survival of the units on which it was based. Consequently, as Mark Edward Lewis shows, each level of spatial organization could achieve order and meaning only within an encompassing, superior whole: the body within the household, the household within the lineage and state, the city within the region, and the region within the world empire, while each level still contained within itself the smaller units from which it was formed. The unity that was the empire's highest goal avoided collapse back into the original chaos of nondistinction only by preserving within itself the very divisions on the basis of family or region that it claimed to transcend.
Chinese Walls in Time and Space
Title | Chinese Walls in Time and Space PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Des Forges |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 505 |
Release | 2010-03-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1942242441 |
Understanding the Cultural Landscape
Title | Understanding the Cultural Landscape PDF eBook |
Author | Bret Wallach |
Publisher | Guilford Press |
Pages | 418 |
Release | 2005-01-02 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1609181212 |
This compelling book offers a fresh perspective on how the natural world has been imagined, built on, and transformed by human beings throughout history and around the globe. Coverage ranges from the earliest societies to preindustrial China and India, from the emergence in Europe of the modern world to the contemporary global economy. The focus is on what the places we have created say about us: our belief systems and the ways we make a living. Also explored are the social and environmental consequences of human activities, and how conflicts over the meaning of progress are reflected in today's urban, rural, and suburban landscapes. Written in a highly engaging style, this ideal undergraduate-level human geography text is illustrated with over 25 maps and 70 photographs. Note: Visit www.greatmirror.com for many additional photographs by Bret Wallach related to the themes addressed in this book.