Shaping Canton
Oro Editions (Verlag)
978-1-954081-64-2 (ISBN)
Included are hundreds of beautiful illustrations and drawings that help articulate Smith's historical insight into key events surrounding the development of Canton, from its preliminary trading and treaty port history, to its Republican city building program, the Socialist planned economy after 1949, the post-1978 reform period, and the regenerative impetus of the contemporary city.
Shaping Canton focuses on the modern history of Canton. The text and illustrations explore and set out the various stages and events leading up to the modern city, by way of a reinvigorated Chinese superpower, from the founding of trade between Europe and the East in the late 15th century, to the beachheads of foreign influence, and forces of transformation through periods of revolution, political transition, and reform up to the present time.
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).
Preface 7
Introduction 17
The Mandate of Heaven 21
Avenues of Commerce 49
Adventurism and Hostilities 87
Beachheads of Foreign Influence 111
An Emerging Modernism 141
Forces of Transformation 173
The Socialist Planned Economy 1949–1976 195
Reforms, Challenges, and Resurgence 229
Remaking the Canton Metropolis 259
The Political Paradox 299
Acknowledgments 316
Endnotes 318
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.05.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 280 Illustrations, color |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 229 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 1144 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-954081-64-2 / 1954081642 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-954081-64-2 / 9781954081642 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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