Shaping Canton

The Mountains are High and the Emperor Far Away

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

The book takes as its starting point the city of Canton, at the heart of the most populous built-up metropolitan area in Mainland China, and a city that has for several centuries held a central position with regard to economic, social, and physical change in the country.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-05-04
Mått:229 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:1 144 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:324
Förlag:Oro Editions
ISBN:9781954081642

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Dr. Peter Cookson Smith is an architect, urbanist, and founder of the URBIS consultancy in Hong Kong, which has operated throughout Asia for more than forty years. He is a former professor of architecture and former president of Hong Kong’s Institutes of Planning and Urban Design. He is the author of six previous books on cities and urban design, including his three most recent publications, with ORO Editions, Seeking Savannah (2018), An Enterprising Path to Barrio Chino (2019), and After Dante (2020).

Innehållsförteckning

Preface 7Introduction 17The Mandate of Heaven 21Avenues of Commerce 49Adventurism and Hostilities 87Beachheads of Foreign Influence 111An Emerging Modernism 141Forces of Transformation 173The Socialist Planned Economy 1949–1976 195Reforms, Challenges, and Resurgence 229Remaking the Canton Metropolis 259The Political Paradox 299Acknowledgments 316Endnotes 318