LEADER 03293nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910456160103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-76208-7 010 $a9786612762086 010 $a981-4293-73-3 035 $a(CKB)2490000000001813 035 $a(EBL)731332 035 $a(OCoLC)671655790 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413983 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12147838 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413983 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10384573 035 $a(PQKB)10394310 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC731332 035 $a(WSP)00007607 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL731332 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10422009 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL276208 035 $a(EXLCZ)992490000000001813 100 $a20100524d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChinese city and urbanism$b[electronic resource] $eevolution and development /$fVictor F.S. Sit 210 $aHackensack, N.J. $cWorld Scientific$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (356 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-4293-72-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction; Preface; About the Author; List of Maps and Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introducing the Chinese Case: Its Origin and Stages of Development; Chapter 2: From Village to Proto-Urban Settlements of Late Yangshao Period; Chapter 3: Longshan City-States; Chapter 4: Urbanism in the Early Bronze Age State of the Xia; Chapter 5: Shang Urbanism at the Climax of Bronze Metallurgy; Chapter 6: From Feudalism to Commercial-Industrial Cities: Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States; Chapter 7: The Administrative City of Qin and Han 327 $aChapter 8: Tang: Golden Age of the Confucian ModelChapter 9: Song Renaissance and the New Urbanity; Chapter 10: Ming Dynasty: Urban Reconstruction and Resurgence after the Yuan Dynasty; Chapter 11: Qing Urbanization: From Neo-Confucian Orthodoxy to Semi-Colonialism; Chapter 12: People's Republic: The Unsettled Socialist Approach; Chapter 13: Message from Chinese Urbanism; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe purpose of this volume is to treat the progress of history, civilization and urban development of China together in order to demonstrate the unique qualities of Chinese civilization. The author uses historical dynasties as the vertical dimension, starting from the pre-urban origin of round-moat village settlements of the Yangzhou Period, until the most recent transitional city under the present socialist market system. There are a total of 13 chapters, covering a time-span of roughly 6,000 years. The book also discusses the theoretical context of the uniqueness of Chinese urban evolution a 606 $aUrbanization$zChina$xHistory 606 $aCities and towns$xGrowth$zChina$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUrbanization$xHistory. 615 0$aCities and towns$xGrowth$xHistory. 676 $a307.760951 700 $aXue$b Fengxuan$0986110 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456160103321 996 $aChinese city and urbanism$92273361 997 $aUNINA