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Chinese city and urbanism : Evolution and development
The purpose of this volume is to treat the progress of history, civilization and urban development of China together in order to demonstrate the unique qualities of Chinese civilization. The author uses historical dynasties as the vertical…
Cities surround the countryside: urban aesthetics in postsocialist China
Denounced as parasitical under Chairman Mao and devalued by the norms of traditional Chinese ethics, the city now functions as a site of individual and collective identity in China. Cities envelop the countryside, not only geographically and…
Mapping modernity in Shanghai : Space, gender, and visual culture in the sojourners' city, 1853-98
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This book argues that modernity first arrived in late nineteenth-century Shanghai via a new spatial configuration. This city’s colonial capitalist development ruptured the traditional configuration of…
Marginalization in urban China : Comparative perspectives
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Marginalization in urban China is a consequence of the processes that constrain the disadvantaged from making a claim to citizenship. This book provides insights into marginalization in Chinese cities, and enriches…
The urban code of China
NB : As of November 2010, the publisher's site is under construction. Details of the book are available from Amazon. Abstract from the publisher : In reading Chinese cities, as this volume attempts to do, the focus is not primarily on well-known…
Building globalization : Transnational architecture production in urban China
Abstract from the publisher : From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms overseas. Combining ethnographic fieldwork,…
Remaking Chinese urban form : Modernity, scarcity and space, 1949-2005
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In this pioneering study of contemporary Chinese urban form, Duanfang Lu provides an analysis of how Chinese society constructed itself through the making and remaking of its built environment. Drawing on archival…
Lire la ville chinoise
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Les textes de ce livre sont inspirés par la fréquentation au long cours de la Chine. La ville chinoise est l'objet de toutes les attentions, dans sa genèse, ses mutations en cours et…
The Asian Mediterranean: Port cities and trading networks in China, Japan and Southeast Asia
Abstract from the publisher: This insightful book draws upon a wide range of disciplines – political economy, geography and international relations – to examine how Asia has returned to its central position in the world economy. As in…
Espaces croisés
Présentation par l'éditeur : Cet ouvrage, publié deux ans après Temps croisés, en constitue à la fois une suite et un complément. Comme lui, il reprend certaines réflexions produites dans le…
La démocratie participative : enjeux et réalités
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La démocratie participative : enjeux et réalités (France, Brésil, Chine, Suisse, Union européenne)
Contesté depuis son origine, le modèle de la…
Hommes et femmes dans la production de la société civile à Canton (Chine)
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Avant-garde économique de la Chine, le Guangdong, et sa capitale Canton, se présentent comme un laboratoire des évolutions sociales et politiques en cours. Fondé sur des…