Chinese Spatial Strategies presents a study of social spaces of the capital of Ming Qing China (1420-1911). Focusing on early Ming and early and middle Qing, it explores architectural, urban and geographical space of Beijing, in relation to issues of history, geopolitics, urban social structure, imperial rule and authority, symbolism, and aesthetic and existential experience. At once historical and theoretical, the work argues that there is a Chinese approach to spatial disposition which is strategic and holistic.
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Jianfei Zhu teaches Architecture in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has published on imperial Beijing and modern Chinese architecture. His work explores conditions of space in late imperial and modern China, and searches a possible dialogue between Western social theory and Asian architectural experience.
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From the Great Wall to the Forbidden City, from the Summer Palace of Beijing to the gardens of Suzhou: the wonders of Chinese architecture are known to many in the world. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages:
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From the Great Wall to the Forbidden City, from the Summer Palace of Beijing to the gardens of Suzhou: the wonders of Chinese architecture are known to many in the world. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 3: Sui and T'ang China, 589-906 AD, Part 1 by Denis C. Twitchett on 5 pages
- The Cambridge History of China, Volume 8, Part 2: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 by Denis C. Twitchett on 4 pages
- The City in Late Imperial China (Reith Lectures) by G. William Skinner in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Guilds of Peking (Columbia Studies in the Social Sciences) by John S. Burgess in Back Matter
- The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9: The Ch'ing Dynasty, Part 1: To 1800 by Willard J. Peterson in Back Matter
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- Asian Ethical Urbanism: A Radical Postmodern Perspective by William Siew Wai Lim on page 42, and Back Matter
- East Asia Modern: Shaping the Contemporary City by Peter G. Rowe in Back Matter
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