The Modern City in Asia Stapleton Kristin
The Modern City in Asia Stapleton Kristin Kristin Stapleton analyzes how concepts and practices associated with the 'modern city' were received, transformed, and contested in Asia over the past 150…
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The Modern City in Asia Stapleton Kristin
Kristin Stapleton analyzes how concepts and practices associated with the 'modern city' were received, transformed, and contested in Asia over the past 150 years. Thus, the concept of the modern city played an important role in Asia, despite much critical commentary on the ideals associated with it. In the early twentieth century, activists took advantage of the new significance of the city to pursue a wide variety of goals.
Still, modern cities remained an important marker of national achievement during the Cold War. By the 1940s, the city yielded its political centrality to the nation. 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
Pre-Modern East Asia
In the City
In the City
In the City
Modern Art of Southeast Asia
The Cold War in South Asia
Nana in the City