Mitchell’s Building Construction goes to China: the impact of British Polytechnics, construction teaching and construction textbooks in Shanghai (1870-1937)

Taking the localization of Mitchell’s Building Construction in Shanghai as a case study and a starting point and discussing British polytechnics, construction teaching and construction textbooks, this paper examines the transmission of technical knowledge to Chinese builders in Modern Shanghai. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yiting Pan, James W.P. Campbell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2022.2043873