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Shanghai : architecture and urbanism for modern China / edited by Peter G. Rowe and Seng Kuan.

Contributor(s): Rowe, Peter G | Kuan, SengMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2004Description: 184 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN: 3791331159 (hbk.)Subject(s): Architecture -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century | Cities and towns -- China -- Shanghai -- Growth | City planning -- China -- Shanghai | Buildings -- China -- Shanghai | Shanghai (China)LOC classification: NA1545 | .S53 2004

Partial contents:

The formation of intercity geographies of centrality / Saskia Sassen -- Shanghai's urban development : a remake? / Marie-Claire Bergère -- Privation to prominence : Shanghai's recent rapid resurgence / Peter G. Rowe -- Image of the metropolis : three historical views of Shanghai / Seng Kuan -- Shanghai's politicized skyline / Elizabeth J. Perry -- Making history (pay) in Shanghai : architectural dialogues about space, place, and face / Jeffrey W. Cody -- Shanghai : squares and public spaces / Pierre Clément -- Shanghai's waterfront : presenting a new face to the world / Richard Marshall -- Residential development in Shanghai in relation to its economic conditions and population / Yue Wu.

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