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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456264003321

Autore

Wang Jun

Titolo

Beijing record [[electronic resource] ] : a physical and political history of planning modern Beijing / / Wang Jun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2011

ISBN

1-283-14835-8

9786613148353

981-4295-73-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (537 p.)

Disciplina

307.12160951156

Soggetti

City planning - China - Beijing

Electronic books.

Beijing (China) History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgement; Chapter One Preservation vs. Demolition; Chapter Two Antagonizing Views on Beijing's City Planning; Chapter Three The "Liang-Chen Proposal"; Chapter Four Controversy on "Liang-Chen Proposal"; Chapter Five Controversy on Dawuding; Chapter Six Perplexities of the Wise; Chapter Seven Pedantism; Chapter Eight Blueprint Revealed; Chapter Nine Clean Break between the Old and the New; Chapter Ten Lingering Sound, Hard to Die; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 2003, the Chinese Xinhua News Agency journalist Wang Jun published the bestseller ""Beijing Record"", the result of ten years of research on the urban transformation of Beijing in the last fifty years. Home to more than 15 million people, this ancient capital city - not surprisingly - has a controversial, complicated history of planning and politics, development and demolition. The publication raises a number of unsettling questions: Why has a valuable historical architecture such as city ramparts, gateways, old temples, memorial archways and the urban fabric of hutongs (traditional alleywa