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Author:

Allen, Joseph Roe.

Title:

Taipei : city of displacements / Joseph R. Allen.

Publisher:

University of Washington Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xv, 280 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Taipei (Taiwan)--Description and travel.
Taipei (Taiwan)--Social life and customs.
City and town life--Taipei--Taipei--History.
Public spaces--Taipei--Taipei--History.
Architecture and society--Taipei--Taipei--History.
National characteristics, Taiwan.
Taipei (Taiwan)--Politics and government.
Political culture--Taipei--Taipei--History.
Regime change--History.--Taipei--Taipei--History.
Social change--Taipei--Taipei--History.

Notes:

"A McLellan book." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- Mapping the city -- Picturing the city -- Traffic in the city -- A park in the city -- Display in the city -- Statues in the city -- A horse in a park in a city on an island in the sea -- Postface: Theoretical considerations -- Chinese and Japanese names and terms.

Series:

A McLellan book

ISBN:

0295991267 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780295991269 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0295991259 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780295991252 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)713189795

LCCN:

2011017750

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)