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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Musgrove, Charles D., 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013]
Series:Spatial habitus (Series)
Subjects:
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) > History.
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) > Politics and government.
Architecture > Political aspects > China > Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)
City planning > China > Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)
China > History > 1928-1937.
Table of 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.