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Titolo |
Harbin to Hanoi : Colonial Built Environment in Asia, 1840 to 1940 / / edited by Laura Victoir and Victor Zatsepine |
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Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2012 |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2013 |
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©2012 |
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ISBN |
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988-8180-72-X |
988-220-389-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (315 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ZatsepineVictor |
VictoirLaura A |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Architecture, Colonial - Asia |
Colonies - Asia - History |
Urbanization - Asia - History - 20th century |
Urbanization - Asia - History - 19th century |
Colonial cities - Asia |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Contributors; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Russia, Railways, and Urban Development in Manchuria, 1896-1930; 3. Beans to Banners; 4. France, Brossard Mopin, and Manchukuo; 5. International Concessions and the Modernization of Tianjin; 6. Mapping Colonial Space; 7. The Architecture of Risk; 8. Fabricating Justice; 9. Making Space for Higher Education in Colonial Hong Kong, 1887-1913; 10. Colonial Hanoi; 11. Hygienic Colonial Residences in Hanoi; 12. Domesticating the Suburbs; 13. Afterword; Index; Plates |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a re-creation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and |
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work. In this volume, scholars of city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of how colonization worked on different levels, and how it was expressed in stone, iron, and concrete. The process of creating the colonial built environment was multilayered and unpredictable. This book uncovers t |
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