Cross-culturalrelationsarespatialrelations.EnclavetoUrbanityisthefirstbookinEnglishthatexamineshowthearchitectureandtheurbanlandscapeofGuangzhouframedtherelationsbetweentheWesternmercantileandmissionarycommunitiesandthecity’spredominantlyChinesepopulation.Thebooktakesreadersthroughthreephases:theThirteenFactorieserafromtheeighteenthcenturytothe1850s;theShamianenclaveuptotheearlytwentiethcentury;andtheadoptionofWesternbuildingtechniquesthroughoutthecityasitsarchitecturemodernizedintheearlyRepublic.Thediscussionofarchitecturegoesbeyondstylistictrendstoembracethehistoryofsharedanddisputedspaces,usingabroadlychronologicalapproachthatcombinessocialhistorywitharchitecturalandspatialanalysis.Withnearlyahundredcarefullychosenimages,thisbookillustrateshowtheforeignarchitecturalfootprintsofthepastformthemodernGuangzhou.
