Wallless Cities

Cities and Nature in American History

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

This book aims to outline the detailed process of integrating nature and cities in a historical context through the lens of urban environmental history, capturing how the most ordinary yet enduring natural forces have shaped the form of cities and the thoughts of individuals.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-10-22
Mått:148 x 210 x 25 mm
Vikt:593 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:357
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789819778263
Originaltitel:无墙之城
Översättare:Li, Ruitian

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Shen Hou is Professor in the Department of History at Peking University, Beijing, China.Li Ruitian, PhD, currently a lecturer at Xi’an International Studies University, holds translation and interpreting certificates from NAATI (Australia) and CATTI (China). Specializing in corpus-based translation studies and conference interpreting, he has published in SSCI-indexed journals and leads translation research projects.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Expanding Cities and Shrinking Continents.- Part I. City Writing.- 2. Rewrite the History of Cities in Nature.- Part II. Growing Cities.- 3. Crowded, Poisoned and Beautiful.- 4. A City upon a Hill.- Part III. Expanding Cities.- 5. City without Borders.- 6. City of Sea of Grass.- Part IV. Ideological Landscape of Cities.- 7. City, Wilderness and Intermediate Landscape.- 8. City by the Bay.