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Editor: Nancy Steinhardt This fully illustrated book is a comprehensive and authoritative study of Chinese architecture from Neolithic times through the late nineteenth century. Six of China's greatest architectural historians have joined with a leading Western scholar to write this book, Drawing on recent discoveries and current scholarly work inside China, this new volume recounts the story of China's architectural achievements, the forms they took, and the historical, political, cultural, and social factors that shaped them. Each chapter includes sections on cities, palatial architecture, religious architecture, tombs, and gardens as well as discussions of bridges, walls, fortifications, academies, and architectural writings. Amply enhanced with color plates and line drawings--many of which are reproduced here for the first time--explanatory maps and charts, and an index that includes Chinese terms, the book will be an invaluable and accessible resource for both architectural historians and those interested in Chinese architecture. Yale University Press January 2003