China's Old DwellingsA comprehensive critical examination of China's folk architectural forms. Together with its companion volume, China's Living Houses: Folk Beliefs, Symbols, and Household Ornamentation, it provides a 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 Both books draw on the author's 30 years of fieldwork and travel in China, as well as on published and unpublished material in many languages. |
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| Title | China's Old Dwellings China's Old Dwellings |
| Authors | Ronald G. Knapp, Professor and Chairman Department of Geography Ronald G Knapp |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0824822145, 9780824822149 |
| Length | 362 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / History / General |
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