China's early mosques. ([2019?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt.
• Authors: Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Muslims, Mosques and Chinese Architecture -- Muslims and Other West Asians in China before the Tenth Century -- The Buddhist Model -- The Chinese Model -- Architectural Requirements of Muslim Worship -- Mosque, Masjid, Monastery, Temple -- Scholarly and Other Writing about Mosques in China -- ch. 2 China's Oldest Mosques -- Quanzhou's International Community -- Shengyousi -- Guangzhou's International Community -- Huaishengsi -- ch. 3 China's Other Early Mosques -- Yangzhou -- Hangzhou -- Other Pre-fifteenth-century Mosques -- ch. 4 Mongols, Mosques and Mausoleums -- Saidianchi -- Muslim Tombs in Yuan China -- Yuan Observatories -- ch. 5 Xi'an and Nanjing: Great Mosques and Great Ming Patrons -- Huajuexiangsi, the Great Mosque in Xi'an -- Jingjuesi in Nanjing -- Two Famous Ming Muslims Buried in Nanjing -- ch. 6 Ox Street Mosque and Muslim Worship in or near Beijing -- Beijing Dongsi Mosque -- Mosques in Tongzhou Note continued: Mosques in Dachang Hui Autonomous County -- ch. 7 China's Most Important Yuan and Ming Mosques: Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang -- Jining To Tianjin -- Hebei West of the Grand Canal -- Shanxi -- Henan -- Anhui -- Jiangsu and Zhejiang beyond the Four Earliest Mosques -- ch. 8 Mosques and Qubbas in Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai -- Ningxia -- Gansu -- Mosques near Xining -- ch. 9 Xinjiang: Architecture of Qing China and Uyghur Central Asia -- Xinjiang Islamic Architecture in Context: the Qing Architectural Enterprise -- ch. 10 Mosque, Synagogue, Church: Architecture of Monotheism in China -- Kaifeng Synagogue -- Church Architecture -- ch. 11 Conclusion: the Chinese Mosque in the Twenty-first Century.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh, [Scotland] : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 331 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps, plans
• Subjects: 720; Mosques -- China -- History; Islamic architecture -- China -- History; Architecture -- China -- Islamic influences; Architecture -- Islamic influences; Islamic architecture; Mosques; Architecture and Planning; Architecture and Planning; ARCHITECTURE / General; China; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474472852; 1474472850
• Related ISBNs: 9780748670413; 0748670416; 9781474437219; 1474437214
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-318) and index.
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