Shaping Canton: The Mountains Are High and the Emperor Far Away

The book takes as its starting point the city of Canton, at the heart of the most populous built-up metropolitan area in Mainland China, and a city that has for several centuries held a central position with regard to economic, social, and physical change in the country.

Shaping Canton focuses on the modern history of Canton. The text and illustrations explore and set out the various stages and events leading up to the modern city, by way of a reinvigorated Chinese superpower, from the founding of trade between Europe and the East in the late 15th century, to the beachheads of foreign influence, and forces of transformation through periods of revolution, political transition, and reform up to the present time.

Author: Peter Cookson-Smith
Publisher: Oro Editions
Published: 08/15/2022
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.51lbs
Size: 9.00h x 8.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781954081642
ISBN10: 1954081642
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | History | Contemporary (1945 -)
- Architecture | Regional
- History | Asia | China