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Asian alterity : with special reference to architecture + urbanism through the lens of cultural studies /

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Main Authors: Lim, William Siew Wai, 1932
Corporate Authors: World Scientific Firm
Published: World Scientific Pub.,
Publisher Address: Singapore ; Hackensack, N. J. :
Publication Dates: 2008.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Architecture and society > Asia
Urbanization > Asia
City and town life > Asia > Cross-cultural studies
Cities and towns > Asia > Growth > Case studies
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6486#t=toc
Item Description: Two books in one.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (222,96pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9812708804 (electronic bk.)
9789812708809 (electronic bk.)
CLC: TU-856
Contents: pt. I. Asian alterity. ch. 1. Introduction and the rise of Asia. ch. 2. Modernities. ch. 3. Selected cultural studies. ch. 4. Asian architecture and urbanism -- pt. II. Case studies of Asian cities. Introduction / William S. W. Lim. Comments on workshop / Chua Beng Huat. Bangkok: a city in flux / Kanika R'kul (Ratanapridakul). Ho Chi Minh city (Saigon): before the doorstep of global assimilation / Tran Khang. Hong Kong: city of maximum quantities / Li Shiqiao. Istanbul: observations / Tan Kay Ngee. The Melbourne case study: the consultant arrives (and sees)... / Leon van Schaik. Seoul: Gangn

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