Introduction to the Urban History of China

<p>PART ONE&nbsp;Chinese Urban History and Chinese Civilization.-&nbsp;Resplendent Brilliance of Chinese Urban History in the World Urban History.-&nbsp;The Geographical, Economical, Social and Cultural Background of the History of Chinese Urban Evolution.-&nbsp;The Exploration of the Several Major Factors Affecting the Formation and Development of Chinese Cities.-&nbsp;Theories and Methods to Study Chinese Urban History.-&nbsp;PART TWO&nbsp;THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF CHINESE CITIES.-&nbsp;The Origin of Ancient Chinese&nbsp;Cities.-&nbsp;Cradle of Chinese Urban Culture.-&nbsp;Urban Development of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the System of Enfeoffment.-&nbsp;Urban Development over the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.-&nbsp;Xianyang----the First Major City of Feudal State Power in Chinese History.-&nbsp;Chang’an----A Capital City Originating from a Village.- The Evolvement and Development of Luoyang.-&nbsp;Capitals and Landscapes of the Three Kingdoms.-&nbsp;South-Ascendingand North-Descending Phenomenon in Urban Development in Northern Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties.-&nbsp;Daxing City—the National Unified Centrum of Water Resources.-&nbsp;Chang’an and the Grand Canal of the Tang Dynasty.-&nbsp;Cities During the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms Period, and the Turning Point of Chinese Urban History.-&nbsp;Prosperity of the Capital City Kaifeng and the Bian River.-&nbsp;Lin’an in Southern Song –A Great Convergence of Southern and Northern Cultures.-&nbsp;Springing Up of Cities of Liao, Jin, and Western Xia and Transformation of the History of Minorities.-&nbsp;Unprecedented Urban Development of the Yuan Dynasty.-&nbsp;The Cities in the Ming Dynasty and the Germination of Capitalism.-&nbsp;Transformation of Chinese Cities in the Early Qing Dynasty.-&nbsp;The Urban Evolution in Modern Times.</p><br>