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Alex Bremner

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Edinburgh College of Art

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Original language

English

Title of Host Publication

From Harbin to Hanoi: Colonial Built Environment in Asia, 18401940

Editors

Laura Victoir, Victor Zatsepine

Place of publication

Hong Kong

Publisher

Hong Kong University Press

Publication date

Dec-2012

Pages

156-180

Number of pages

24

ISBN (Print)

9789888139422

State

Published

Publication series

Name

Global Connections

Publisher

Hong Kong University Press

Abstract Volume Abstract: Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a re-creation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and work. In this volume, scholars of city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of how colonization worked on different levels, and how it was expressed in stone, iron, and concrete. The process of creating the colonial built environment was multilayered and unpredictable. This book uncovers the regional diversity of the colonial built form found from Harbin to Hanoi, varied experiences of the foreign powers in Asia, flexible interactions between the colonizers and the colonized, and the risks entailed in building and living in these colonies and treaty ports.

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