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There are many Lhasas. One is a grid of uniform boulevards lined with plush hotels, all-night bars, and blue-glass-fronted offices. Another is a warren of alleyways that surround a seventh-century temple built to pin down a supine demoness. A web of Stalinist, rectangular blocks houses the new nomen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barnett, Robert, 1953- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Diemberger, Karen (Ilustrador)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2006]
Colección:Asia perspectives.
Temas:
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Travel
Architektur
Tourismus
Geschichte
Stadtplanung
Kultur
Lhasa (China)
Lhasa (China) > Description and travel.
China > Lhasa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The unitary view
  • Foreign visitors, oscillations, and extremes
  • The square view and the outstretched demoness
  • The city, the circle
  • Monumental statements and street plans
  • From concrete to blue glass
  • The new flamboyance and the Tibetan palm tree
  • Mestizo : two narratives converge
  • The multilayered streets.

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