Sites of modernity : Asian cities in the transitory moments of trade, colonialism, and nationalism / Wasana Wongsurawat, editor.
Wongsurawat, Wasana, author.
2016
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Title
Sites of modernity : Asian cities in the transitory moments of trade, colonialism, and nationalism / Wasana Wongsurawat, editor.
ISBN
9783662457269 (electronic book)
3662457261 (electronic book)
9783662457252
3662457253
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45726-9
Published
Berlin : Springer-Verlag, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vii, 179 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-662-45726-9 doi
Call Number
CB415
Dewey Decimal Classification
909.81
Summary
This book investigates, compares and contrasts the experience of entering into and engaging in modernity and the modern era in many parts of the Asian continent. It focuses on the coming into being, development, and transformation of major urban centers from Tokyo to Mumbai from the late 19th century to the present, providing a broad overview of this crucial period of transition in Asia, not only from diverse geographical and historical perspectives, but also incorporating a broad range of further disciplines.
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Wongsurawat, Wasana, author.
Series
Humanities in Asia ; 1.
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Introduction
Chapter 1 Teaching Civilization:The Role of a French Education in the Development of Modernity in Shanghai
Chapter 2 Scientific Institutions as Sites for Dissemination and Contestation: Emergence of Colonial Calcutta as a Science City
Chapter 3 Management of 'Public Spaces': Case-Study of Roads in Bangkok in the Reign of King Rama V
Chapter 4 A city-state as migrant nation: Singapore from the colonial to the Asian modern
Chapter 5 Whose Home? Cultural-pluralism and Preservation of Japanese Colonial Heritage in Taipei City
Chapter 6 Home-Base of an Exiled People: Hong Kong and Overseas Chinese Activism from Thailand
Chapter 7 Bangkok: From an Antique to a Modern City
Chapter 8 Nationalism in Indian Architecture: A Modern Trajectory in Twentieth Century India
Chapter 9 From the Demolition of Monasteries to the Installation of Neon Lights: The Politics of Urban Construction in the Mongolian People's Republic. .

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