20th century Japan in 20 buildings
By: John Barr
Publisher: Lund Humphries
Published: 2022
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781848225749
Subjects: Architecture; History; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Politics and government; Histoire; Conditions sociales; Conditions économiques; Politique et gouvernement; Economic history
Other titles: Twentieth century Japan in twenty buildings
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; title: Title Page; title: Copyright; title: Contents; title: Introduction: We're All Japanese Now; title: Prelude: 1868 And All That; title: 1. Movements and Manifestos; title: 2. The Finance Minister and the Colonel; title: 3. Interlude: Putting Lipstick on the Gorilla; title: 4. Empire and War; title: 5. The Last Japanese Building; title: 6. Alternative Facts; title: 7. New Reality: New Friends; title: 8. Interlude: All Things to All Men; title: 9. A Tale of Two Governors; title: 10. Towards a Japanese Machine; title: 11. Welcome Back; title: 12. The Naked City; title: 13. Sticking It to The Man; title: 14. (Artificial) Landlords; title: 15. Interlude: The Sumo Wrestler in the Room; title: 16. Just to Look Without Trying to Prove Anything; title: 17. The Rise of High Rise; title: 18. A Dense Nothingness; title: 19. New Religions; title: 20. The Cathedral and the Blue Sheet City; title: 21. Storyville; title: 22. Castles in the Air; title: 23. Déjà Vu All Over Again; title: Notes; title: Bibliography.