Related Books

Interstitial Hong Kong
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Xiaoxuan Lu
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-03-09 - Publisher: Jovis Verlag

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Enmeshed in Hong Kong's densely woven urban fabric, wedged between its towering mixed-use complexes and perched along its steep hillsides, sits a network of mor
Made in Hong Kong
Language: en
Pages: 295
Authors: Peter E. Hamilton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-05 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Between 1949 and 1997, Hong Kong transformed from a struggling British colonial outpost into a global financial capital. Made in Hong Kong delivers a new narrat
Border Ecologies
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Joshua Bolchover
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-30 - Publisher: Birkhauser

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Hong Kong’s border with Shenzhen is dissolving. By 2047, the border will likely not exist. Integration with the Mainland will remove distinctions created by t
The Ambiguous Allure of the West
Language: en
Pages: 293
Authors: Rachel V. Harrison
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-31 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Ambiguous Allure of the West examines the impact of Western imperialism on Thai cultural development from the 1850s to the present and highlights the value
Asia Inside Out
Language: en
Pages: 334
Authors: Eric Tagliacozzo
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-05 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

(Continued). "Each author examines an unnoticed moment--a single year or decade--that redefined Asia in some important way. Heide Walcher explores the founding