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- Examines how China’s urban development reflects the country's culture and philosophy
- Showcases the traditional culture which underpins the emergence of cities in modern China
- Examines the traditional Chinese concepts of yin and yang, bagua, and the Wu Xing
Part of the book series: China Connections (CC)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Chinese Urban History and Chinese Civilization
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Front Matter
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The Evolutionary History of Chinese Cities
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book explores China’s urban development, examining the history and culture of Chinese cities and providing a cultural background to the rapid urban development of contemporary China. It offers a new perspective on Chinese urban history, showcasing the traditional culture which underpins the emergence of the modern city and highlighting how traditional Chinese philosophical thought is reflected in the culture of urban planning and architecture in China, notably examining such issues as ‘the integration of man and nature’, yin and yang, bagua, and the Wu Xing.
Authors and Affiliations
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Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
Chonglan Fu
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Criminology College, People’s Public Security University of China, Beijing, China
Wenming Cao
About the authors
Chonglan Fu is a Research Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and has served successively as the Director of the Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies at CASS, the Director of the Urban Development Department of CASS Graduate School, and Professor at the Department of Sociology of GSCASS. He is also a member of the Urban Planning Society of China, Dean of the Institute of Modern Urban-Rural Development Planning of CASS and member of the Beijing Municipality Specialist Counsel Body.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to the Urban History of China
Authors: Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao
Translated by: Qinggang Zhang
Series Title: China Connections
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8207-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Social Sciences Academic Press 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8206-2Published: 15 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8209-3Published: 16 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-8207-9Published: 25 July 2019
Series ISSN: 2662-7868
Series E-ISSN: 2662-7876
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIII, 385
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban History, History of China, Urban Studies/Sociology