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Harbin to Hanoi : The Colonial Built Environment in Asia, 1840 To 1940

By Laura Victoir; Victor Zatsepine

Book information

Publisher
Hong Kong University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9789882203891, 9789888139415
LCC
DS33.3.H37 2013
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2748483 bytes)
Series
Global Connections Ser.
Edition
1
Pages
315\315
Time added
2023-08-04 08:09:14
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Description

Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a re-creation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and work. In this volume, scholars of city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of how colonization worked on different levels, and how it was expressed in stone, iron, and concrete. The process of creating the colonial built environment was multilayered and unpredictable. This book uncovers the regional diversity of the colonial built form found from Harbin to Hanoi, varied experiences of the foreign powers in Asia, flexible interactions between the colonizers and the colonized, and the risks entailed in building and living in these colonies and treaty ports.

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