TY - CHAP
T1 - Socialist construction during the Cold War
T2 - 1950-1965
AU - Xue, Charlie Q. L.
AU - Ding, Guanghui
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PY - 2018/8/2
Y1 - 2018/8/2
N2 - The establishment of state-owned design institutes was part of the Chinese Communist Party’s endeavors to legitimize its rule by transforming the country through the construction of buildings, factories, cities, and infrastructure. Before and after the Communists took power, its leaders repeatedly denounced capitalist society as criminal (“people eating people”) and demanded that capitalism be thoroughly overthrown. The Communists promised that the Chinese people would enjoy a better life in a “new” socialist society, and this promise attracted the attention of design professionals who supported the Communists, who believed that they could play a significant role in the new regime.
AB - The establishment of state-owned design institutes was part of the Chinese Communist Party’s endeavors to legitimize its rule by transforming the country through the construction of buildings, factories, cities, and infrastructure. Before and after the Communists took power, its leaders repeatedly denounced capitalist society as criminal (“people eating people”) and demanded that capitalism be thoroughly overthrown. The Communists promised that the Chinese people would enjoy a better life in a “new” socialist society, and this promise attracted the attention of design professionals who supported the Communists, who believed that they could play a significant role in the new regime.
M3 - Chapter in research book/monograph/textbook (Author)
SN - 9781138562332
T3 - Routledge Research in Architecture
SP - 35
EP - 56
BT - A History of Design Institutes in China
PB - Routledge
ER -