Table of Contents

Editor's Preface, List of Illustrations, Introduction, Part One THE ROLE OF NATURE AND OF MAN, Part Two LANDSCAPE AND LIFE IN CHINESE ANTIQUITY, Part Three LANDSCAPE AND LIFE IN IMPERIAL CHINA, Part Four TRADITION AND CHANGE IN MODERN CHINA, References, Index

About the Author

Yi-Fu Tuan is professor emeritus of geography, at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He is the author of many books including Place, Art and, Self, Dear Colleague: Common and Uncommon Observations, and Who am I?: An Autobiography of Emotion, Mind, and Spirit.

Reviews

-High school to college level libraries strong in Chinese studies or geography will find this a fine survey in Chinese studies or geography will find this a fine survey of the Chinese landscape, its alterations, and its evolution from early to modern times. Traditional Chinese settlement patterns and architecture are considered in an in-depth treatment of how social and political changes affected these patterns. Sociology libraries will find it a winner.-
-- The Midwest Book Review

"High school to college level libraries strong in Chinese studies or geography will find this a fine survey in Chinese studies or geography will find this a fine survey of the Chinese landscape, its alterations, and its evolution from early to modern times. Traditional Chinese settlement patterns and architecture are considered in an in-depth treatment of how social and political changes affected these patterns. Sociology libraries will find it a winner."
-- The Midwest Book Review

"High school to college level libraries strong in Chinese studies or geography will find this a fine survey in Chinese studies or geography will find this a fine survey of the Chinese landscape, its alterations, and its evolution from early to modern times. Traditional Chinese settlement patterns and architecture are considered in an in-depth treatment of how social and political changes affected these patterns. Sociology libraries will find it a winner."
-- The " Midwest Book Review "

"High school to college level libraries strong in Chinese studies or geography will find this a fine survey in Chinese studies or geography will find this a fine survey of the Chinese landscape, its alterations, and its evolution from early to modern times. Traditional Chinese settlement patterns and architecture are considered in an in-depth treatment of how social and political changes affected these patterns. Sociology libraries will find it a winner."
-- The " Midwest Book Review "