Enclave to Urbanity: Canton, Foreigners, and Architecture from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries - Hardcover

Farris, Johnathan Andre

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 988820887X ISBN 13: 9789888208876

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Cross-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 spaces, using a broadly chronological approach that combines social history with architectural and spatial analysis. With nearly a hundred carefully chosen images, this book illustrates how the foreign architectural footprints of the past form the modern Guangzhou.

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About the Author

Johnathan Andrew Farris received his B.A. from Yale University, his M.A. from the University of Virginia, and his Ph.D from Cornell University. He teaches the history of art and architecture at SCAD Hong Kong.

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China / History / Architecture

Edition details

• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 988820887X
• ISBN 13: 9789888208876
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296