Harbin to Hanoi : the colonial built environment in Asia, 1840 to 1940 / edited by Laura Victoir and Victor Zatsepine.

Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a re-creation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and work. In this volume, scholars of ci...

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