Negotiating urban space: urbanization and late ming nanjing
Auteur :
Fei, Si-yen
Éditeur :
Harvard University, Asia Center
ISBN :
9780674035614
Date de publication :
1 févr. 2010
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 x 3,0 cm
Poids :
726 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Urbanization was central to development in late imperial China. Yet scholars agree it triggered neither Weberian urban autonomy nor Habermasian civil society. Using Nanjing as a central case, the author shows that, prompted by this contradiction, the actions and creations of urban residents transformed the city on multiple levels.