Chinese Spatial Strategies

<p><em>Chinese Spatial Strategies</em> presents a study of social spaces of the capital of Ming Qing China (1420-1911). Focusing on early Ming and early and middle Qing it explores architectural urban and geographical space of Beijing in relation to issues of history geopolitics urban social structure imperial rule and authority symbolism and aesthetic and existential experience. At once historical and theoretical the work argues that there is a Chinese approach to spatial disposition which is strategic and holistic.</p>