| Description |
1 online resource (238 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Preface: Up in Flames; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Map of China; Chapter 1. Space, Capital, and Global Cities: An Introduction; Chapter 2. Transnational Architectural Production: Firms, Cities, Trends; Chapter 3. Architecture, Media, and Real Estate Speculation; Chapter 4. History, Cosmopolitanism, and Preservation; Chapter 5. Olympic Spectacles, Critical Architecture, and New State Spaces; Chapter 6. The Power of Symbol; Appendix: A Methodological Note on Network Analysis; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
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, historical research, and network analysis, Building Globalization closely scrutinizes the growing phenomenon of transnational architecture and its profound effect on the development of urban space. Roaming from construction sites in Shanghai to architects' offices in Paris, Xuefei Ren interviews hundreds of architects, developers, politicians, residents, and activists to explore th. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Architecture and globalization -- China.
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Architecture and globalization. |
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China. |
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Urban renewal -- China.
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Urban renewal. |
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City planning -- China.
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City planning. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ren, Xuefei. Building Globalization : Transnational Architecture Production in Urban China. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2011 9780226709802 |
| ISBN |
9780226709826 |
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0226709825 |
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128309763X |
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9781283097635 |
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9780226709802 |
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0226709809 |
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9780226709819 |
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0226709817 |
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