China's Contested Capital: Architecture, Ritual, and Response in Nanjing 9780824837952

When the Chinese Nationalist Party nominally reunified the country in 1928, Chiang Kai-shek and other party leaders insi

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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Capital Established
2. Visions of Grandeur in the Capital Plan
3. Administrative Aesthetics and Architectural Revolution in the Capital
4. The Necropolis of Nanjing
5. Lessons in Allure
6. Views from the Street
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

China's Contested Capital: Architecture, Ritual, and Response in Nanjing
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