- Global Connections: Harbin to Hanoi : The Colonial Built Environment in Asia, 1840 to 1940 (2013, Hardcover) read book FB2, MOBI, PDF
9789888139415 988813941X Colonial powers in China and northern Indochina employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of colonial power, a tool in the mission to civilize, a recreation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and work for the colonizers and the colonized. In this volume, scholars of city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of how colonization worked both at the top and bottom levels of the society and how it was expressed in stone, iron, and concrete. The process of creating the colonial built environment was multilayered, complicated, and unpredictable. This book stresses the regional diversity of the colonial built form found from Harbin to Hanoi, diverse experiences of the foreign powers in Asia, flexible interactions between the colonizers and the colonized, and the many risks entailed in building and living in these colonies and treaty ports., For colonial powers in China and northern Indochina, built environments were an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of colonial power, a tool in the mission to civilize indigenous cultures, a re-creation of a home away from home, and a place to live and work for both colonizers and colonized. In this volume, experts on city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of colonization's influence at both the top and bottom levels of society and its representation in stone, iron, and concrete. Creating the colonial built environment was a multilayered, complicated, and unpredictable process. This study emphasizes the regional diversity of the colonial built form from Harbin to Hanoi and the diverse experience of foreign rule in Asia, as well as the often flexible interactions between colonizers and colonized and the many risks entailed in building and living in such colonies and treaty ports.
9789888139415 988813941X Colonial powers in China and northern Indochina employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of colonial power, a tool in the mission to civilize, a recreation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and work for the colonizers and the colonized. In this volume, scholars of city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of how colonization worked both at the top and bottom levels of the society and how it was expressed in stone, iron, and concrete. The process of creating the colonial built environment was multilayered, complicated, and unpredictable. This book stresses the regional diversity of the colonial built form found from Harbin to Hanoi, diverse experiences of the foreign powers in Asia, flexible interactions between the colonizers and the colonized, and the many risks entailed in building and living in these colonies and treaty ports., For colonial powers in China and northern Indochina, built environments were an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of colonial power, a tool in the mission to civilize indigenous cultures, a re-creation of a home away from home, and a place to live and work for both colonizers and colonized. In this volume, experts on city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of colonization's influence at both the top and bottom levels of society and its representation in stone, iron, and concrete. Creating the colonial built environment was a multilayered, complicated, and unpredictable process. This study emphasizes the regional diversity of the colonial built form from Harbin to Hanoi and the diverse experience of foreign rule in Asia, as well as the often flexible interactions between colonizers and colonized and the many risks entailed in building and living in such colonies and treaty ports.