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Chapter 1, Introduction p.8, Prehistoric Making of Territories p.10, Pre-Modern Cultures<br/>and Geographies p.18, Emergence of Modern States p.25, Versions of Grounded Path-<br/>Dependent Modernization p.40, Organization of the Book p.46, Chapter 2,<br/>Austronesian Indigenous Vernacular<br/>p.48, Typal Precedents p.51, Figural References p.60, Contemporary Projects p.66,<br/>Huts and Longhouses p.66, Village Configurations p.76, Fabric and Skeletal<br/>Constructions p.85, Non-Rectangular Organic Arrangements p.93, Chapter 3, Early<br/>Dynastic Variations p.104, Settlements from West and North p.107, Pagodas and<br/>Temples by Other Names p.117, Gates, Pavilions and Other Elements p.125,<br/>Contemporary Projects p.134, Indianized Variations p.134, Sinicized Variations p.150,<br/>Chapter 4, Western Colonizations p.164, Transplantations from Homelands p.167,<br/>Processes of Adaptation and Accommodation p.176, Housing Indigenous Migrations<br/>p.186, Contemporary Projects p.194, Further Adaptations and Forms p.194, Art Deco<br/>Revival and Conservation p.203, Shophouses and Terrace Houses p.214, Chapter 5,<br/>Post-Colonizations p.224, Assertions of Cultural Modernism<br/>p.226, Other Imaginaries p.239, Global Modernism with Local Inflections p.247,<br/>Contemporary Projects p.256, Beyond Brutalism p.258, Climatic Turns p.268,<br/>Contemporary High-Rise Buildings p.277, Chapter 6 Observations and Conclusions<br/>p.288, Practical Reckoning with Need p.290, Syncretic Search for Outcomes p.293,<br/>Object Qualities and Arrangements p.295, Awareness of Local Environments p.298,<br/>Responses to Levels of Development p.303, Concluding Trends 306, Cliometric Data<br/>Analyses p.310, References p.322, Biographical Notes of Regional Architects p.330,<br/>Acknowledgments p.334, About the Authors p.335, |llustration Credits p.336,Index<br/>p.338. |
