Chang'an Avenue and the modernization of Chinese architecture / Shuishan Yu.
"In this interdisciplinary narrative, the never-ending "completion" of China's most important street offers a broad view of the relationship between art and ideology in modern China. Chang'an Avenue, named after China's ancient capital (whose name means "Eternal Pe...
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| Superior document: | A China program book |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | China Program book.
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 351 p. :; ill., plans. |
| Notes: | Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Washington). |
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Table of Contents:
- The History of Chang'an Avenue in an Urban Context
- National versus Modern: The 1950s
- Collective Creation: The 1964 Chang'an Avenue Planning
- Modernization in a Postmodern World: The 1970s and 1980s
- Collage without Planning: Toward the New Millennium
- Chang'an Avenue and the Axes of Beijing
- Conclusion: Chang'an Avenue in a Global Context.