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  • Confucius’ Courtyard

    Architecture, Philosophy and the Good Life in China

    de Xing Ruan ...
    For more than three thousand years, Chinese life – from the city and the imperial palace, to the temple, the market and the family home – was configured around the courtyard. So too were the accomplishments of China's artistic, philosophical and institutional classes. Confucius' Courtyard tells the story of how the courtyard – that most singular and persistent architectural form – holds the key to ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Bangkok Utopia

    Modern Architecture and Buddhist Felicities, 1910–1973

    de Lawrence Chua, Ronald G. Knapp, Xing Ruan ...
    Series series Spatial Habitus: Making and Meaning in Asia's Architecture
    “Utopia” is a word not often associated with the city of Bangkok, which is better known for its disorderly sprawl, overburdened roads, and stifling levels of pollution. Yet as early as 1782, when the city was officially founded on the banks of the Chao Phraya river as the home of the Chakri dynasty, its orientation was based on material and rhetorical considerations that alluded to ideal times and ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Topophilia and Topophobia

    Reflections on Twentieth-Century Human Habitat

    Edición de Xing Ruan, Paul Hogben ...
    This book is about the love and hate relations that humans establish with their habitat, which have been coined by discerning modern thinkers as topophilia and topophobia. Whilst such affiliations with the topos, our manmade as well as natural habitat, have been traced back to antiquity, a wide range of twentieth-century cases are studied here and reflected upon by dwelling on this framework. The ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

  • Traces of the Sage

    Monument, Materiality, and the First Temple of Confucius

    de James A. Flath, Ronald G. Knapp, Xing Ruan ...
    Series series Spatial Habitus: Making and Meaning in Asia's Architecture
    The Temple of Confucius (Kong Temple) in Qufu is the definitive monument to the world's greatest sage. From its humble origins deep in China's past, the home of Confucius grew in size and stature under the auspices of almost every major dynasty until it was the largest and most richly endowed temple in the Ming and Qing empires. The decline of state-sponsored ritualism in the twentieth century ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

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  • The Lost Civilization of Lemuria

    The Rise and Fall of the World's Oldest Culture

    de Frank Joseph ...
    A compelling new portrait of the lost realm of Lemuria, the original motherland of humanity• Contains the most extensive and up-to-date archaeological research on Lemuria• Reveals a lost, ancient technology in some respects more advanced than modern science• Provides evidence that the perennial philosophies have their origin in Lemurian cultureBefore the Indonesian tsunami or Hurricane Katrina’s ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • A Short History of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu Realm

    Indonesia's Hindu Realm

    de Robert Pringle ...
    A Short History of Bali covers the entire history of this intriguing and mysterious island from before the Bronze Age to the presidency of Megawati Sukarnoputri and the tragedy of the Kuta bombings on 12 October 2002. It looks at the arrival of Indian culture early European contact the role of anthropologists and taste-makers of the 1930s in romanticising the island and the complex legacies of ... Leer más

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  • The Third Sex

    Kathoey: Thailand's Ladyboys

    de Dr Richard Totman ...
    The kathoey, the Thai term for ladyboys, have long been part of the cultural landscape of Thailand. Though they're a leading tourist attraction, the glamorous and attractive men who are now women are also a modern expression of an archaic tradition.Who are the ladyboys? Richard Totman introduces us to three individuals who started life as boys, but while at school decided to become kathoey. In The ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Another Bangkok

    Reflections on the City

    de Alex Kerr ...
    From the author of Another Kyoto and Lost Japan, a rich, personal exploration of the culture and history of Bangkok, and an essential guide for anyone visiting the cityAlex Kerr has spent over thirty years of his life living in Bangkok. As with his bestselling books on Japan, this evocative personal meditation explores the city's secret corners. Here is the huge, traffic-choked metropolis of ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Bali: A Paradise Created

    de Adrian Vickers ...
    The Island of Bali—a true paradise is explored in this classic travelogue.From the artists and writers of the 1930s to the Eat, Pray, Love tours so popular today, Bali has drawn hoards of foreign visitors and transplants to its shores. What makes Bali so special, and how has it managed to preserve its identity despite a century of intense pressure from the outside world?Bali: A Paradise Created ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Su'esu'e Manogi: In Search of Fragrance.

    Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi and the Samoan Indigenous Reference.

    Edición de Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Sauni, I'uogafa Tuagalu, Tofilau Nina Kirifi-Alai, Naomi Fuamatu ...
    This book is a celebration of His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Efi's intellectual and cultural legacy to Samoa, providing Tui Atua's writings and thoughts on Samoan indigenous knowledge. It was first compiled and published as a festschrift in commemoration of his seventiethbirthday. Tui Atua is Samoa'sHead of State and is currently the only holder of one of Samoa's four pāpā ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Balinese Art

    Paintings and Drawings of Bali 1800 - 2010

    de Adrian Vickers ...
    Balinese Art is the first comprehensive survey of Balinese painting from its origins in the traditional Balinese village to its present position at the forefront of the high-priced Asian art scene.Balinese art has been popular and widely collected around the world for many decades. In fact, the contemporary painter who commands the highest prices in Southeast Asia's hot art market is Bali-born ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Living House

    An Anthropology of Architecture in South-East Asia

    de Roxana Waterson ...
    The Living House is a pioneering work by respected anthropologist Roxana Waterson that has become a classic in its field. It is first book of its kind to present a detailed picture of houses within the complex social and symbolic fabric of indigenous South-East Asian peoples.The main focus of the book is on Indonesia, but in tracing historical links between architectural forms across the region, ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD