The People's West Lake : : Propaganda, Nature, and Agency in Mao's China, 1949-1976 / / Qiliang He.
The People's West Lake examines the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) efforts to reconfigure Hangzhou's urban space, alter the natural environment in West Lake (Xihu), and refashion the city's culture in post-1949 China. It pieces together five initiatives that took place in the We...
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