Sites of modernity : Asian cities in the transitory moments of trade, colonialism, and nationalism /: Asian cities in the transitory moments of trade, colonialism, and nationalism. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Wasana Wongsurawat, editor.
• Authors: Wongsurawat, Wasana
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Berlin : Springer-Verlag
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 179 pages)
• Subjects: 909.81; History; Civilization, Modern -- 19th century; Civilization, Modern -- 20th century; HISTORY / World; Civilization, Modern; Public opinion, Western; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social Science -- Emigration & Immigration; Anthropology; Sociology; Migration, immigration & emigration; Anthropology; Migration; History -- General; History; Asia -- Foreign public opinion, Western; Asia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662457269; 3662457261
• Related ISBNs: 9783662457252; 3662457253
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