Enclave to Urbanity Canton, Foreigners, and Architecture fr... - 9789888208876

Name: Enclave to Urbanity Canton, Foreigners, and Architecture fr... - 9789888208876
Brand: Hong Kong University Press

Hong Kong University Press

Enclave to Urbanity Canton, Foreigners, and Architecture from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth CenturiesAuthor(s): Johnathan Andre Farris\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong\nImprint: Hong Kong University Press\nISBN-13: 9789888208876, 978-9888208876\nSynopsis\nCross-cultural relations are spatial relations. Enclave to Urbanity is the first book in English that examines how the architecture and the urban landscape of Guangzhou framed the relations between the Western mercantile and missionary communities and the city's predominantly Chinese population. The book takes readers through three phases: the Thirteen Factories era from the eighteenth century to the 1850s; the Shamian enclave up to the early twentieth century; and the adoption of Western building techniques throughout the city as its architecture modernized in the early Republic. The discussion of architecture goes beyond stylistic trends to embrace the history of shared and disputed.