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Author Roskam, Cole, author.

Title Improvised city : architecture and governance in Shanghai, 1843-1937 / Cole Roskam
Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 293 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Architecture of Extraterritoriality; Chapter 2: Commemoration and the Construction of a Public Sphere; Chapter 3: Building a Shanghai Public; Chapter 4: Regulation, Professionalization, and Race; Chapter 5: Engineering "Face" in an Emergent Chinese Nation-State; Chapter 6: National Architects, National Architecture; Chapter 7: A Contested Municipality; Chapter 8: Exhibiting a Modern Chinese Architecture; Epilogue: A Return to Order; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Notes "A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 23, 2019)
Subject Architecture and society -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century
Architecture and society -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century
Sociology, Urban -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century
Sociology, Urban -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century
ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
Architecture and society
Politics and government
Sociology, Urban
SUBJECT Shanghai (China) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Shanghai (China) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Subject China -- Shanghai
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018049735
ISBN 9780295744803
0295744804