The Modern City in Asia

by Kristin Stapleton

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110899492X
• ISBN13: 9781108994927
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"