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Autore: |
Wang Jun
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Titolo: |
Beijing record : a physical and political history of planning modern Beijing / / Wang Jun
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Pubblicazione: | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (537 p.) |
Disciplina: | 307.12160951156 |
Soggetto topico: | City planning - China - Beijing |
Soggetto geografico: | Beijing (China) History 20th century |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Beijing record ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-283-14835-8 |
9786613148353 | |
981-4295-73-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910828562803321 |
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