The Shanghai Alleyway House: A Vanishing Urban Vernacular
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As a nineteenth-century commercial development, the alleyway house was a hybrid of the traditional Chinese courtyard house and the Western terraced one. Unique to Shanghai, the alleyway house was a space where the blurring of the boundaries of public and private life created a vibrant social community. In recent years however, the city's rapid redevelopment has meant that the alleyway house is being destroyed, and this book seeks to understand...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1138833177
ISBN13:9781138833173
Release Date:December 2015
Publisher:Routledge
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.63 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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