Understanding the Chinese city / by Li Shiqiao

By:

Shiqiao, Li

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Theory, culture & societyPublication details: Sage Publications, 2014. New Delhi:Description: xxviii, 232 pISBN:

9781446208830

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

307.76 SHI-U

Contents:

AbundanceQuantity Control--The City of Maximum Quantities--The City of LabourPrudence--The Body in Safety and DangerDegrees of CareAntisepsisFiguration--The Empire of FiguresMemory without LocationColonies of Beauty and Violence

Summary: This book teaches us to read the contemporary Chinese city. Li Shiqiao deftly crafts a new theory of the Chinese city and the dynamics of urbanization. He traces a thread between ancient Chinese city formations and current urban organizations, revealing hidden continuities that show how instrumental the past has been in forming the present.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB E-2	Non Fiction	307.76 SHI-U (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		010171

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This book teaches us to read the contemporary Chinese city. Li Shiqiao deftly crafts a new theory of the Chinese city and the dynamics of urbanization. He traces a thread between ancient Chinese city formations and current urban organizations, revealing hidden continuities that show how instrumental the past has been in forming the present.

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