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Understanding the Chinese city / Li Shiqiao.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Shiqiao, author.
- Series:
- [Published in association with] Theory, Culture & Society.
- Theory, culture & society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--China.
- Urbanization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 232 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2014.
- Summary:
- 'Understanding the Chinese City' traces a thread between ancient Chinese city formations and current urban organisations, revealing hidden continuities that show how instrumental the past has been in forming the present.
- Contents:
- Contents
- List of figures – Acknowledgements – Introduction
- part 1: Abundance
- chapter 1: Quantity control
- chapter 2: The city of maximum quantities
- chapter 3: The city of labour
- part 2: Prudence
- chapter 4: The body in safety and danger
- chapter 5: Degrees of care
- chapter 6: Antisepsis
- part 3: Figuration
- chapter 7: The empire of figures
- chapter 8: Memory without location
- chapter 9: Colonies of beauty and violence – Conclusion – Bibliography – Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781473915053
- 1473915058
- 9781473905405
- 1473905400
- OCLC:
- 922670886
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