TY  - BOOK
AU  - Denison,Edward
AU  - Ren,Guangyu
TI  - Ultra-modernism: architecture and modernity in Manchuria 
SN  - 9789888390182
AV  - NA1546 .U487 2017
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Hong Kong
PB  - Hong Kong University Press
KW  - Modern movement (Architecture)
KW  - China
KW  - Manchuria
KW  - Architecture and society
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - City planning
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Map of Manchuria showing the principal settlements and railway routes; 1. Between East and West; 2. Russian Manchuria: Kwantung Leased Territory; 3. Rising Sun over Manchuria: The Golden Age of the South Manchuria Railway, 1906-1931; 4. Manchukuo: Modern Mirage, 1932-1945; 5. The Badlands of Harbin; 6. Dalian: Gateway to Manchukuo; 7. Hsinking: Manchukuo's Ultra-Modernist City; 8. The End; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index; 2; b
N2  - The first half of the twentieth century was fraught with global tensions and political machinations. However, for all the destruction in that period, these geopolitical conditions in Manchuria cultivated an extraordinary variety of architecture and urban planning, which has completely escaped international attention until now. With over forty carefully chosen images, Ultra-Modernism: Architecture and Modernity in Manchuria is the first book in English that illustrates Manchuria's encounter with modernity through its built environment. Edward Denison and Guangyu Ren take readers through Russia'
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