Modernism in China : architectural visions and revolutions / Edward Denison, Guang Yu Ren.

Main entry:

Denison, Edward.

Title & Author:

Modernism in China : architectural visions and revolutions / Edward Denison, Guang Yu Ren.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, 2008.

Description:

336 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-327) and index.
Defining modernism in China -- Antiquity and modernity -- The call to modernise -- A meeting of the twain -- Nationalism and modernity -- The modernist heyday -- Modernism and militarism in Manchuria -- Dissipation, politics and war -- A question of modernity.

Summary:

China remains as conspicuously absent from written histories of modernism as modernism does from written histories of China. This text confronts this by investigating China's unique experience of modernism, its remarkable variety, striking contradictions and recurrent paradoxes.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Cover

ISBN:

9780470319284 (hbk.)
0470319283 (hbk.)

Subject:

Modern movement (Architecture) China.
Architecture China History 20th century.
Architecture China 21st century.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Chine.
Architecture Chine Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Chine 21e siècle.
Architecture
Modern movement (Architecture)
Architektur
Städtebau
Stadtplanung
Moderne
Funktionalismus
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
China

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Ren, Guang Yu.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 260868
Call No.: BIB 191780
Status: External loan

Actions:

Add to folder

Request these items

Email this list to yourself (or someone else)

Your folder is empty.

Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. A copy of this list will also be forwarded to you.

Your contact information

First name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone number:

Notes (optional):

We will contact you to set up an appointment. Please keep in mind that your consultation date will be based on the type of material you wish to study. To prepare your visit, we'll need:

— At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc.)
— At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc.)

Back to list

Submit