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The Modern City in Asia

Kristin Stapleton author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:11th Aug '22

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This Element analyzes how concepts and practices associated with the 'modern city' were received, transformed, and contested in Asia.

This Element analyzes how concepts and practices associated with the 'modern city' were received, transformed, and contested in Asia over the past 150 years.Kristin Stapleton analyzes how concepts and practices associated with the 'modern city' were received, transformed, and contested in Asia over the past 150 years. In the early twentieth century, activists took advantage of the new significance of the city to pursue a wide variety of goals. Thus, the concept of the modern city played an important role in Asia, despite much critical commentary on the ideals associated with it. By the 1940s, the city yielded its political centrality to the nation. Still, modern cities remained an important marker of national achievement during the Cold War. In recent decades, cities have continued to play a central role in economic and cultural affairs in Asia, but the concept of the modern city has evolved. Asian ideas about urban governance and visions of future cities are significantly shaping that evolution.

ISBN: 9781108994927

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 6mm

Weight: 150g

75 pages