This book is aimed at readers and researchers who are interested in Chinese garden architecture, the rise and fall of Yuanming Yuan and the history of the Qing dynasty. It is the first comprehensive study of the palatial garden complex in a Western language, and is amply illustrated with photographs and original drawings. Young-tsu Wong s engaging writing style brings "the garden of perfect brightness" to life as he leads readers on a grand tour of its architecture and history.
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This book is aimed at readers and researchers who are interested in Chinese garden architecture, the rise and fall of Yuanming Yuan and the history...
This book concerns the Beijing Hutong and changing perceptions of space, of social relations and of self, as processes of urban redevelopment remove Hutong dwellers from their traditional homes to new high-rise apartments. It addresses questions of how space is humanly built and transformed, classified and differentiated, and most importantly how space is perceived and experienced. This study elaborates and expands Lefebvre s trialectic of space on a theoretical level. The ethnography presented is a conversation with Tim Ingold s argument about empty space . This research employs the...
This book concerns the Beijing Hutong and changing perceptions of space, of social relations and of self, as processes of urban redevelopment remov...
It focuses on the period from after the Opium Wars to the New Culture Movement, as the New Culture Movement can be considered a pivotal phase in the cultural transformation of modern-day China. The New Culture Movement was a revolutionary eruption triggered by the accumulation of all the new qualitative cultural factors since the Opium Wars.
It focuses on the period from after the Opium Wars to the New Culture Movement, as the New Culture Movement can be considered a pivotal phase in the c...
This book points out that not only has China's economy been in a state of disequilibrium, but it also has issues with enterprises not being under budget constraint. It advocates enterprise reform and upholds the government's leading role in establishing order.
This book points out that not only has China's economy been in a state of disequilibrium, but it also has issues with enterprises not being under budg...
This book is about the city of Peiping in China, also known as Beijing and Peking, and a city of great historical significance. The second part explores Peiping as it becomes a national centre, through the Liao Dynasty and the Chin Dynasty, until 1234, and the third part explores how it became the capital of the Chinese empire, until 1911.
This book is about the city of Peiping in China, also known as Beijing and Peking, and a city of great historical significance. The second part explor...
This book collects the 25 most important articles written by Professor Tang since the 1980s, dealing extensively with issues of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity and Chinese culture.
This book collects the 25 most important articles written by Professor Tang since the 1980s, dealing extensively with issues of Confucianism, Buddhism...
