Suzhou, near Shanghai, is among the great garden cities of the world. The city's masterpieces of classical Chinese garden design, built from the eleventh throug
This book shows how, though Suzhou entered the Ming defeated and suspect, interactions between the imperial state and local elites gave rise to a network of mar
You will gain deep insight not only into the art of gardening in China, but into its historical significance within the context of gardening and landscape desig
Combining social, political, and cultural history, this book examines the contestation over space, history, and power in the late Qing and Republican-era recons
Amongst the Chinese exists great cultural variety and diversity. The Cantonese care more for profit than face and are good businessmen, whereas Fujian Rn are