Chinese Architecture: A History 9780691191973, 2018961518, 0691191972

An unprecedented survey of the origins and evolution of Chinese architecture, from the last millennia BCE to today Th

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Chinese Architecture: A History
9780691191973, 2018961518, 0691191972

The first fully comprehensive survey of Chinese architecture, extending from the sixth century BCE to the present. An

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In focus: China's new architecture China is not only a playground for international architectural practices, but

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In the early twentieth century, Chinese traditional architecture and the French-derived methods of the École des Beaux-A

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Beginning with the bloody communist purges of the Jiangxi era of the late 1920s and early 1930s and moving forward to th

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What are the foundational scriptures and major schools for Chinese Buddhists? What divinities do they worship? What fest

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China's rapid rise as a regional and global power is one of the most important political developments of the twenty

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