Ultra-modernism : architecture and modernity in Manchuria /

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Author / Creator:Denison, Edward, author.
Imprint:Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource (ix, 148 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11549600
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Other authors / contributors:Ren, Guangyu, author.
ISBN:9789888390182
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-142) and index.
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Summary:The first half of the twentieth century was fraught with global tensions and political machinations. However, for all the destruction in that period, these geopolitical conditions in Manchuria cultivated an extraordinary variety of architecture and urban planning, which has completely escaped international attention until now. With over forty carefully chosen images, Ultra-Modernism: Architecture and Modernity in Manchuria is the first book in English that illustrates Manchuria's encounter with modernity through its built environment. Edward Denison and Guangyu Ren take readers through Russia'
Other form:Print version: Denison, Edward. Ultra-modernism. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2016] 9789888390502
Standard no.:9789888390502