Chinese Imperial City Planning / / Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2022]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER 2 BEGINNINGS --; CHAPTER 3 FIRST GREAT EMPIRE --; CHAPTER 4 PERIOD OF DISUNION A. D. 220-589 --; CHAPTER 5 SUI-TANG DYNASTIES --; CHAPTER 6 AT CHINA'S BORDERS --; CHAPTER 7 FROM BIANLIANG TO DADU --; CHAPTER 8 MING, QING, AND BEYOND --; NOTES --; GLOSSARY --; REFERENCES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780824841478; 9783110564150
• DOI: 10.1515/9780824841478
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt.

Chinese Imperial City Planning is the first synthesis of what is known from textual and archaeological evidence about every Chinese imperial capital, from earliest times to the present. It explains the fundamental architectural principles and visual characteristics of imperial planning in China and shows how these features are related to the Chinese idea of rulership. The volume also reconstructs the 3,500-year-old history of imperial planning using sources such as resident descriptions, travel accounts, official Chinese court records, and the most recent archaeological and scholarly studies. The extensive documentation provides students with a standard source of reference from which to embark on further research on Chinese urban planning.