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The Exercise of the Spatial Imagination in Pre-Modern China : Shaping the Expanse /

This volume is distinctive for its extraordinarily interdisciplinary investigations into a little discussed topic, the spatial imagination. It probes the exercise of the spatial imagination in pre-modern China across five general areas: pictorial representation, literary description, cartographic ma...

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Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Hsu-Tang, H.M. Agnes (Contributor), Leung, Vincent S. (Contributor), Lycas, Alexis (Contributor), Morgan, Daniel Patrick (Contributor), Pagenstecher Olberding, Garret (Contributor, Editor), Ping, Foong (Contributor), Powers, Martin J. (Contributor), Rui Feng, Linda (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]
Series:Welten Ostasiens / Worlds of East Asia / Mondes de l'Extrême Orient : Im Auftrag der Schweizerischen Asiengesellschaft - On behalf of the Swiss Asia Society - Au nom de la Société Suisse-Asie , 31
Subjects:
China > Civilization > 1644-1912.
Chine > Civilisation > 1644-1912.
HISTORY / Asia / General.
Civilization
China
1644-1912
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This volume is distinctive for its extraordinarily interdisciplinary investigations into a little discussed topic, the spatial imagination. It probes the exercise of the spatial imagination in pre-modern China across five general areas: pictorial representation, literary description, cartographic mappings, and the intertwining of heavenly and earthly space. It recommends that the spatial imagination in the pre-modern world cannot adequately be captured using a linear, militarily framed conceptualization. The scope and varying perspectives on the spatial imagination analyzed in the volume's essays reveal a complex range of aspects that informs how space was designed and utilized. Due to the complexity and advanced scholarly level of the papers, the primary readership will be other scholars and advanced graduate students in history, history of science, geography, art history, religious studies, literature, and, broadly, sinology.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 222 pages).
ISBN:9783110749823
3110749823
ISSN:1660-9131 ;