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E-book
Author Barr, John (Architect), author.

Title 20th century Japan in 20 buildings / John Barr
Published London, UK : Lund Humphries, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) ; illustrations (some color)
Contents Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: We're All Japanese Now -- Prelude: 1868 And All That -- 1. Movements and Manifestos -- 2. The Finance Minister and the Colonel -- 3. Interlude: Putting Lipstick on the Gorilla -- 4. Empire and War -- 5. The Last Japanese Building -- 6. Alternative Facts -- 7. New Reality: New Friends -- 8. Interlude: All Things to All Men -- 9. A Tale of Two Governors -- 10. Towards a Japanese Machine -- 11. Welcome Back -- 12. The Naked City -- 13. Sticking It to The Man -- 14. (Artificial) Landlords
15. Interlude: The Sumo Wrestler in the Room -- 16. Just to Look Without Trying to Prove Anything -- 17. The Rise of High Rise -- 18. A Dense Nothingness -- 19. New Religions -- 20. The Cathedral and the Blue Sheet City -- 21. Storyville -- 22. Castles in the Air -- 23. Déjà Vu All Over Again -- Notes -- Bibliography
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 21, 2022)
Subject Architecture -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
Architecture
Economic history
Politics and government
Social conditions
SUBJECT Japan -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069498
Japan -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Japan -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Japan -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069551
Subject Japan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781848225749
1848225741
Other Titles Twentieth century Japan in twenty buildings