{"product_id":"city-of-virtues-chuck-wooldridge-9780295994697","title":"City of Virtues: Nanjing in an Age of Utopian Visions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout Nanjing's history, writers have claimed that its spectacular landscape of mountains and rivers imbued the city with \"royal \u003ci\u003eqi\u003c\/i\u003e,\" making it a place of great political significance. \u003ci\u003eCity of Virtues\u003c\/i\u003e examines the ways a series of visionaries, drawing on past glories of the city, projected their ideologies onto Nanjing as they constructed buildings, performed rituals, and reworked the literary heritage of the city. More than an urban history of Nanjing from the late 18th century until 1911 -- encompassing the Opium War, the Taiping occupation of the city, the rebuilding of the city by Zeng Guofan, and attempts to establish it as the capital of the Republic of China -- this study shows how utopian visions of the cosmos shaped Nanjing's path through the turbulent 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chuck Wooldridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 029599469X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295994697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Chuck Wooldridge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064817398015,"sku":"9780295994697","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9c13fa0-5158-4b73-bf3d-d4898917403b.jpg?v=1768671226","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/city-of-virtues-chuck-wooldridge-9780295994697","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}