Constructing the Colonized Land: Entwined Perspectives of East Asia around WWII

Despite the precipitous rise of East Asia as a center of architectural production since the Second World War, informed studies remain lacking. The lacuna is particularly conspicuous in terms of regional, cross-national studies, documenting the close ties and parallels between China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea during this period.Examining colonized cities in East Asia, this book brings together a range of different perspectives across both space and time. European, Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean and Japanese discourses are examined, with a range of complementary and conflicting views on the design of urban and architectural formsConstructing the Colonized Land: Entwined Perspectives of East Asia around WWII is written by Kuroishi, Izumi, Professor and published by Ashgate. ISBNs for Constructing the Colonized Land: Entwined Perspectives of East Asia around WWII are 9781409428190, 1409428192 and the print ISBNs are 9781409428183, 1409428184.