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Building Globalization : Transnational Architecture Production in Urban China.

From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms overseas. Combining ethnographic fieldwork, historical research, and network analysis, Building Globalization closely scrutiniz...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ren, Xuefei
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Illustrations; Preface: Up in Flames; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Map of China; Chapter 1. Space, Capital, and Global Cities: An Introduction; Chapter 2. Transnational Architectural Production: Firms, Cities, Trends; Chapter 3. Architecture, Media, and Real Estate Speculation; Chapter 4. History, Cosmopolitanism, and Preservation; Chapter 5. Olympic Spectacles, Critical Architecture, and New State Spaces; Chapter 6. The Power of Symbol; Appendix: A Methodological Note on Network Analysis; Notes; Bibliography; Index.