| Date | 1999 |
| Publish_location | Honolulu |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Book |
| Shelf | Reading Room |
| Call Number | GT365.K6 1999 |
| Description | 185 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-181) and index. Dwellings as social templates -- Fengshui: siting and mystical ecology -- House construction: craft and ritual -- Building sorcery and defensive measures -- Summoning good fortune -- Fu (good fortune) and its components -- Narrative tales -- Resilience. |
| Subject | China--Social life and customs Fengshui 風水 Dwellings--China Dwellings--Symbolic aspects--China House furnishings--China |
| ISBN | 0824820797 |
| LCCN | 98-20653 |
| Date | 2000 |
| Publish_location | Honolulu |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library [ASCC] |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Book |
| Shelf | Stacks [ASCC] |
| Call Number | NA7448.K567 2000 |
| Description | xi, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. |
| Note | China's Old Dwellings / Ronald G. Knapp.
"A critical examination of China's folk architectural forms, providing a study of the environmental, historical and social factors that influence housing forms for nearly a quarter of the world's population. It draws on the author's 30 years of fieldwork and travel in China." |
| Subject | Architecture, Chinese--Pictorial works |
| ISBN | 9780824820756 ; 9780824822149 |
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