China's Old Dwellings
Download or Read eBook China's Old Dwellings PDF written by Ronald G. Knapp and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Ronald G. Knapp |
| Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 2000-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0824822145 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780824822149 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis China's Old Dwellings by : Ronald G. Knapp
Book excerpt: China's Old Dwellings is the most comprehensive critical examination of China's folk architectural forms in any language. It and its companion volume, China's Living Houses: Folk Beliefs, Symbols, and Household Ornamentation, together form a landmark study of the environmental, historical, and social factors that influence housing forms for nearly a quarter of the world's population. Both books draw on the author's thirty years of field-work and extensive travel in China as well as published and unpublished material in many languages.
