| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-323) and index. |
| Contents |
Introducing the Chinese case: its origin and stages of development -- From village to proto-urban settlements of Late Yangshao Period -- Longshan city-states -- Urbanism in the Early Bronze Age state of the Xia -- Shang urbanism at the climax of Bronze metallurgy -- From feudalism to commercial-industrial cities: Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States -- The administrative city of Qin and Han -- Tang: golden age of the Confucian model -- Song renaissance and the new urbanity -- Ming Dynasty: urban reconstruction and resurgence after the Yuan Dynasty -- Qing urbanization: from Neo-Confucian orthodoxy to semi-colonialism -- People's Republic: the unsettled socialist approach -- Message from Chinese urbanism. |
| Summary |
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 dimension, starting from the pre-urban origin of round-moat village settlements of the Yangzhou Period, until the most recent transitional city under the present socialist market system. There are a total of 13 chapters, covering a time-span of roughly 6,000 years. The book also discusses the theoretical context of the uniqueness of Chinese urban evolution a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Urbanization -- China -- History.
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Urbanization. |
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China. |
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History. |
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Cities and towns -- China -- Growth -- History.
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Cities and towns. |
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Growth. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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Electronic books -- History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Xue, Fengxuan. Chinese city and urbanism. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2010 9789814293723 (DLC) 2010293834 (OCoLC)525603886 |
| ISBN |
9789814293730 (electronic book) |
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9814293733 (electronic book) |
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9789814293723 (print) |
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9814293725 (print) |
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