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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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Location	Call No.	Status
UniM INTERNET Resource		AVAILABLE

Physical description	1 online resource ( viii, 293 pages)
Notes	"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Notes	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 23, 2019).
Other author	JSTOR (Organization)
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.
	Shanghai (China) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
	Shanghai (China) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Local series	JSTOR
ISBN	9780295744803 electronic book
	0295744804 electronic book
	9780295744780 hardcover alkaline paper

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