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Shaping Canton : the mountains are high and the Emperor far away

Title
Shaping Canton : the mountains are high and the Emperor far away / Peter Cookson Smith.
Author
Smith, Peter Cookson
Publication
  • Novato, California : Oro Editions, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Description
322 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 x 23 cm
Summary
The book takes as its starting point the city of Canton, at the heart of the most populous built-up metropolitan area in Mainland China, and a city that has for several centuries held a central position with regard to economic, social, and physical change in the country. Shaping Canton focuses on the modern history of Canton. The text and illustrations explore and set out the various stages and events leading up to the modern city, by way of a reinvigorated Chinese superpower, from the founding of trade between Europe and the East in the late 15th century, to the beachheads of foreign influence, and forces of transformation through periods of revolution, political transition, and reform up to the present time.
Alternative Title
Mountains are high and the Emperor far away
Subject
  • Guangzhou (China) > History
  • China > Guangzhou
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes endnotes with bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction -- The mandate of heaven -- Avenues of commerce -- Adventurism and hostilities -- Beachheads of foreign influence -- An emerging modernism -- Forces of transformation -- The Socialist planned economy 1949-1976 -- Reforms, challenges, and resurgence -- Remaking the Canton metropolis -- The political paradox.
Call Number
JFE 22-5093
ISBN
  • 1954081642
  • 9781954081642
OCLC
1272854811
Author
Smith, Peter Cookson, author.
Title
Shaping Canton : the mountains are high and the Emperor far away / Peter Cookson Smith.
Publisher
Novato, California : Oro Editions, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes endnotes with bibliographical references.
Research Call Number
JFE 22-5093
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