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China's contested capital : architecture, ritual, and response in Nanjing

Title: China's contested capital : architecture, ritual, and response in Nanjing / Charles D. Musgrove.
Author: Musgrove, Charles D., 1970-
Publication: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013]

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Description

ix, 316 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

Charles Musgrove brings the city of Nanjing back into the discussion of China's modern development, focusing on how it was transformed from a factional capital with only regional influence into a symbol of nationhood - a city where newly forming ideals of citizenship were celebrated and contested on its streets and at its monuments.

Series Statement

Spatial habitus

Uniform Title

Spatial habitus (Series)

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Published in China by Hong Kong University Press.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and index.

Contents

The capital established -- Visions of grandeur in the capital plan -- Administrative aesthetics and "architectural revolution" -- The necropolis of Nanjing -- Lessons in allure: celebrations of state in the capital -- Views from the street: development, defiance & discipline.

ISBN

9780824836283
0824836286
9789888139958
9888139959

LCCN

2012044804
40022617053
40022626476
40022636457

OCLC

ocn818728359
818728359
SCSB-9393794

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library