Wallless Cities

Cities and Nature in American History

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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This book aims to outline the detailed process of integrating nature and cities in a historical context through the lens of urban environmental history, capturing how the most ordinary yet enduring natural forces have shaped the form of cities and the thoughts of individuals.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-10-22
Mått148 x 210 x 25 mm
Vikt593 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor357
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789819778263
Originaltitel无墙之城
ÖversättareRuitian Li

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Shen Hou is Professor in the Department of History at Peking University, Beijing, China.Li Ruitian, PhD, currently a lecturer at Xi’an International Studies University, holds translation and interpreting certificates from NAATI (Australia) and CATTI (China). Specializing in corpus-based translation studies and conference interpreting, he has published in SSCI-indexed journals and leads translation research projects.

1. Introduction: Expanding Cities and Shrinking Continents.- Part I. City Writing.- 2. Rewrite the History of Cities in Nature.- Part II. Growing Cities.- 3. Crowded, Poisoned and Beautiful.- 4. A City upon a Hill.- Part III. Expanding Cities.- 5. City without Borders.- 6. City of Sea of Grass.- Part IV. Ideological Landscape of Cities.- 7. City, Wilderness and Intermediate Landscape.- 8. City by the Bay.