William Wooldridge

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City of Virtues: Nanjing in an Age of Utopian VisionsPaperback, 15 March 2017

City of Virtues: Nanjing in an Age of Utopian Visions
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Part of Series
China Program Books (Hardcover)
Part of Series
Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia Univ
Print Length
256 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date Published
15 Mar 2017
ISBN-10
0295741740
ISBN-13
9780295741741

Description

Throughout Nanjing's history, writers have claimed that its spectacular landscape of mountains and rivers imbued the city with "royal qi," making it a place of great political significance. City of Virtues examines the ways a series of visionaries, drawing on past glories of the city, projected their ideologies onto Nanjing as they constructed buildings, performed rituals, and reworked the literary heritage of the city. More than an urban history of Nanjing from the late 18th century until 1911 -- encompassing the Opium War, the Taiping occupation of the city, the rebuilding of the city by Zeng Guofan, and attempts to establish it as the capital of the Republic of China -- this study shows how utopian visions of the cosmos shaped Nanjing's path through the turbulent 19th century.

Product Details

Author:
William Wooldridge
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 March 2017
ISBN-10:
0295741740
ISBN-13:
9780295741741
Language:
English
Location:
Seattle
Pages:
256

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