| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 148 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-142) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Prologue; Map of Manchuria showing the principal settlements and railway routes; 1. Between East and West; 2. Russian Manchuria: Kwantung Leased Territory; 3. Rising Sun over Manchuria: The Golden Age of the South Manchuria Railway, 1906-1931; 4. Manchukuo: Modern Mirage, 1932-1945; 5. The Badlands of Harbin; 6. Dalian: Gateway to Manchukuo; 7. Hsinking: Manchukuo's Ultra-Modernist City; 8. The End; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index. |
| Summary |
The first half of the twentieth century was fraught with global tensions and political machinations. However, for all the destruction in that period, these geopolitical conditions in Manchuria cultivated an extraordinary variety of architecture and urban planning, which has completely escaped international attention until now. With over forty carefully chosen images, Ultra-Modernism: Architecture and Modernity in Manchuria is the first book in English that illustrates Manchuria's encounter with modernity through its built environment. Edward Denison and Guangyu Ren take readers through Russia' |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Modern movement (Architecture) -- China -- Manchuria.
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Modern movement (Architecture) |
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China -- Manchuria. |
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Architecture and society -- China -- Manchuria -- History -- 20th century.
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Architecture and society. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
City planning -- China -- Manchuria -- History -- 20th century.
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City planning. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Ren, Guangyu, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Denison, Edward. Ultra-modernism. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2016] 9789888390502 (OCoLC)972726747 |
| ISBN |
9789888390182 (electronic book) |
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988839018X (electronic book) |
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9789888390502 |
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9888390503 |
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