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City of Virtues: Nanjing in an Age of Utopian Visions (China Program Books)

William Wooldridge

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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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with City of Virtues: Nanjing in an Age of Utopian Visions (China Program Books). To get started finding City of Virtues: Nanjing in an Age of Utopian Visions (China Program Books), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with City of Virtues: Nanjing in an Age of Utopian Visions (China Program Books). To get started finding City of Virtues: Nanjing in an Age of Utopian Visions (China Program Books), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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