In Chinese Bridges, Ronald G. Knapp, one of the foremost experts on
Chinese culture and historical geography, gives these under-regarded
marvels of Chinese architecture their due.
Guiding readers on an erudite and enlightening tour of both famous Chinese
bridges and those newly discovered by western eyes, Knapp shows thatfar
from merely utilitarianthe bridges of China are dramatic, majestic, and
even daring.
