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The urban design of concession : tradition and transformation in the Chinese treaty ports
Author
Title
The urban design of concession : tradition and transformation in the Chinese treaty ports / Peter Cookson Smith.
ISBN
9789881858474
988185847X
Published
[Hong Kong] : MCCM Creations, 2011.
Physical Description
419 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 20 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 05, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Confucianism, urbanization and emerging maritime connections
Opium, aggression and unequal treaties
Treaty port growth, exploitation and political change
Political transformation in the treaty ports
Nationalisation and the new modernism
Post-concession port cities and the socialist planned economy
Modernisations : a resurgence of the port cities.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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