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Cities in Motion
- Urban Life and Cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia, 1920–1940
Engelsk Hardback
Cities in Motion
- Urban Life and Cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia, 1920–1940
Engelsk Hardback

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In the 1920s and 1930s, the port-cities of Southeast Asia were staging grounds for diverse groups of ordinary citizens to experiment with modernity, as a rising Japan and American capitalism challenged the predominance of European empires after the First World War. Both migrants and locals played a pivotal role in shaping civic culture. Moving away from a nationalist reading of the period, Su Lin Lewis explores layers of cross-cultural interaction in various spheres: the urban built environment, civic associations, print media, education, popular culture and the emergence of the modern woman. While the book focuses on Penang, Rangoon and Bangkok - three cities born amidst British expansion to the region - it explores connected experiences across Asia and in Asian intellectual enclaves in Europe. Cosmopolitan sensibilities were severely tested in the era of post-colonial nationalism, but are undergoing a resurgence in Southeast Asia''s civil society and creative class today.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781107108332
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1107108330
Udg. Dato:
19 jul 2016
Længde:
24mm
Bredde:
161mm
Højde:
236mm
Forlag:
Cambridge University Press
Oplagsdato:
19 jul 2016
Forfatter(e):
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