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Urbanisation de la Chine
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Pour la première fois dans l’histoire de l’humanité, plus de la moitié de la population de notre planète habite dans les villes. La Chine, qui est en train de vivre…
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…
The great cities of the modern world
From the preface by Hazel Shepard (September 1885) : There is a saying, as old as it is true, that he who would be a writer must first of all have something to write something new to tell, or some new or better way of putting forth what is already…
The dynamics of urban growth in three Chinese cities
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The theme of this book is the interplay of geography, size, and industrial structure in determining the industrial vigor of cities. At any point in time, a city's economic prospects are determined by location,…
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…
Shanghai. L'ordinaire et l'exceptionnel
Shanghai, c’est la ville mythique par excellence. Capable de se renouveler cycliquement, de se rebâtir continuellement, on pourrait la croire dans un présent absolu, comme absente à son histoire, récente ou non, comme sans mémoire.
Mais ce qui…
Mais ce qui…
Shangai - Le "Paris" de l'Orient
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L'histoire de la ville chinoise de Shangai de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle à 1943, pendant tout le temps où elle fut considérée et gérée comme un…
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…
Pékin - Métamorphoses d'une ville impériale
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Il manquait un livre de référence sur la capitale du plus ancien empire sous le ciel, hier et aujourd'hui.
Pékin. Métamorphoses d'une ville impériale raconte…
Native place, city, and nation: Regional networks and identities in Shanghai, 1853-1937
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This study explores social practices and rituals related to xxiangyi , also called xiangqing and ziyi , Chinese expressions for the sentiment that binds people from the same native place. This sentiment, and the social…
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…
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…
Lire la ville chinoise
Présentation par l'éditeur :
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…