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Open hearts open doors : reflections on China's past & future

Title
Open hearts open doors : reflections on China's past & future / Elizabeth Gill Lui ; [with special contributions by Puay-Peng Ho, I.M. Pei, Zheng Shiling ; translation Chor Koon-Fai].
Author
Gill Lui, Elizabeth, 1951-
Publication
Los Angeles, Calif. : 4Stops Press ; Ithaca, N.Y. : Distribution by Cornell University Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Ho, Puay-peng.
  • Pei, I. M., 1917-2019.
  • Zheng, Shiling.
Description
241 p. : col. ill.; 29 x 33 cm.
Summary
This collection of images provides a visual journey to traditional villages throughout rural areas of southeastern China that focuses on a cultural and architectural vernacular environment struggling to survive amid a dynamically transforming era in China's development.
Subject
  • Historic sites > China, Southeast > Pictorial works
  • Villages > China, Southeast > Pictorial works
  • China, Southeast > Pictorial works
  • China, Southeast > Social life and customs > 20th century
  • China, Southeast > Social life and customs > 21st century
  • China, Southeast > Rural conditions > 20th century
  • China, Southeast > Rural conditions > 21st century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-241).
Language (note)
  • Parallel text in English and Simplified Mandarin.
Contents
Holding together -- Gradual progress -- The creative -- Fellowship with men -- The taming power of the great -- Duration -- Increase -- The receptive -- Before completion -- Gathering together.
Call Number
JQG 09-936
ISBN
  • 9780979616501
  • 0979616506
OCLC
228371578
Author
Gill Lui, Elizabeth, 1951-
Title
Open hearts open doors : reflections on China's past & future / Elizabeth Gill Lui ; [with special contributions by Puay-Peng Ho, I.M. Pei, Zheng Shiling ; translation Chor Koon-Fai].
Imprint
Los Angeles, Calif. : 4Stops Press ; Ithaca, N.Y. : Distribution by Cornell University Press, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-241).
Language
Parallel text in English and Simplified Mandarin.
Added Author
Ho, Puay-peng.
Pei, I. M., 1917-2019.
Zheng, Shiling.
Research Call Number
JQG 09-936
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