Developing Skills for Economic Transformation and Social Harmony in China : A Study of Yunnan Province [1 ed.] 9781464800801, 9781464800795

The Transformation of Yunnan in Ming China 9781000762471

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China: Yunnan Province, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide [2 ed.] 1841621692, 9781841621692

Yunnan Province, in southwest China, is one of the country's most geographically and ethnically diverse regions. It

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The Issues of Illegal Immigration and its Solutions in the Minority-Border Regions in Yunnan Province, China: A Look at Hekou Yao Autonomous County 9811912483, 9789811912481

This book analyzes the governance of illegal immigrants in ethnic areas along China’s southwest border. Since China is n

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Asian borderlands: the transformation of Qing China's Yunnan frontier 9780674021716

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Religion and the transformation of society: a study in social change in Africa 9780521079914, 0521079918

When previously isolated societies come into contact with the outside world they undergo certain obvious changes. Profes

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Canada's Jews: A Social and Economic Study of Jews in Canada in the 1930s 9780773563940

Louis Rosenberg's Canada's Jews is a pioneering study of the demographic, sociological, cultural, and economic

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France and the Exploitation of China: A Study in Economic Imperialism, 1885-1901 0195827082, 9780195827088

This book is an examination of the development of the French imperial mission in China from 1885 to 1900. French industr

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Oxyrhynchus: an economic and social study

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The Economic Transformation of China 9789814612395, 9789814612371, 9814612375, 2014033036

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Courtyard Housing in China: Chinese Quest for Harmony

The Chinese have lived in single-extended-family courtyard houses in many parts of China for thousands of years. The earliest courtyard house found in China was during the Middle Neolithic period (5000-3000 BCE). The courtyard form signifies Chinese quest for harmony with nature and in social relationships. However, the 20th century was a significant turning point in the evolution of Chinese courtyard houses; this paper provides an overview of this transition. It starts by briefly introducing traditional Chinese courtyard houses and their decline since 1949, it then examines the emergence of new courtyard housing in Beijing and Suzhou since the 1990s, and then it evaluates the new development of Chinese-style courtyard garden villas in/around these two cities since the 2000s, such as Beijing Guantang and Suzhou Fuyuan villa estates. They are explorations of a new way to honor Chinese architectural history and philosophy, meanwhile, incorporating Western interior design principles to meet modern living requirements. This architectural acculturation represents Chinese sustained quest for harmony in their art of living. The paper finally proposes four designs of new courtyard garden houses for future practice. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2017) 1(2), 38-56. https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2017.3647

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