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Global Shanghai, 1850-2010 - A History In Fragments

by Jeffrey N Wasserstrom

67,56€ + 10% CARD

 This book explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided treaty port in the 1840s, and looking forward to its upcoming hosting of Chinaâ€™s first Worldâ€™s Fair, the 2010 Expo.
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City In South Asia

by James Heitzman

64,91€ + 10% CARD

 <p>The macro-region of South Asia - including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - today supports one of the world’s greatest concentrations of cities, but as James Heitzman argues in the first comprehensive treatment of urban South Asia, this has been the case for at least 5,000 years.</p><p>With a strong emphasis on the production of space and periodic excursions into literature, art and architecture, religion and public culture, this interdisciplinary study is a valuable text for students and scholars interested in comparative history, urban studies, and the social sciences.</p>
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Bangkok - Place, Practice And Representation

by Marc Askew

70,21€ + 10% CARD

 An in-depth study of the city's many facets, with insights from cultural history, urban studies and human geography - a powerful account of the real Bangkok. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in urban studies or Asian studies.
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Hong Kong - Becoming A Chinese Global City

by Stephen Chiu e Tai-Lok Lui

67,56€ + 10% CARD

 Chiu and Lui examine the developmental history of Hong Kong, focusing on its rise to the status of a Chinese global city in the world economy, and its social and political correlates between the 1970s andÂ 1990s.
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Representing Calcutta - Modernity, Nationalism And The Colonial Uncanny

by Swati Chattopadhyay

64,91€ + 10% CARD

 This major new postcolonial study addresses the questions of modernity and space that haunt our perception of Calcutta. It explores the politics of representation and the cultural changes that occurred in the city as its residents negotiated the idea of being 'modern'.
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Singapore - Wealth, Power And The Culture Of Control

by Carl A. Trocki

55,64€ + 10% CARD

 Carl Trocki examines Singaporeâ€™s culture of control, exploring the city-stateâ€™s colonial heritage as well as the forces that have helped to mould its current social landscape.
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Singapore - Wealth, Power And The Culture Of Control

by Carl A. (Queensland University Of Technology, Australia) Trocki

209,54€ + 10% CARD

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 Carl Trocki examines Singaporeâ€™s culture of control, exploring the city-stateâ€™s colonial heritage as well as the forces that have helped to mould its current social landscape.
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Representing Calcutta - Modernity, Nationalism And The Colonial Uncanny

by Swati Chattopadhyay

209,54€ + 10% CARD

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 This major new postcolonial study addresses the questions of modernity and space that haunt our perception of Calcutta. It explores the politics of representation and the cultural changes that occurred in the city as its residents negotiated the idea of being 'modern'.
ENGLISH

Global Shanghai, 1850-2010 - A History In Fragments

by Jeffrey N (University Of California, Irvine, Usa) Wasserstrom

216,30€ + 10% CARD

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 This book explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided treaty port in the 1840s, and looking forward to its upcoming hosting of Chinaâ€™s first Worldâ€™s Fair, the 2010 Expo.
ENGLISH

Bangkok - Place, Practice And Representation

by Marc Askew

71,64€ + 10% CARD

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 An in-depth study of the city's many facets, with insights from cultural history, urban studies and human geography - a powerful account of the real Bangkok. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in urban studies or Asian studies.
ENGLISH

Representing Calcutta - Modernity, Nationalism And The Colonial Uncanny

by Swati Chattopadhyay

66,23€ + 10% CARD

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 This major new postcolonial study addresses the questions of modernity and space that haunt our perception of Calcutta. It explores the politics of representation and the cultural changes that occurred in the city as its residents negotiated the idea of being 'modern'.
ENGLISH

Bangkok - Place, Practice And Representation

by Marc Askew

223,06€ + 10% CARD

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 An in-depth study of the city's many facets, with insights from cultural history, urban studies and human geography - a powerful account of the real Bangkok. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in urban studies or Asian studies.
ENGLISH

The City In South Asia

by James (Nagara, India) Heitzman

66,23€ + 10% CARD

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 With case studies in each chapter focusing on specific cities, and including maps and photographs, this book is a comprehensive survey of urbanization in South Asia during the last 5000 years.
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The City In South Asia

by James (Nagara, India) Heitzman

216,30€ + 10% CARD

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 With case studies in each chapter focusing on specific cities, and including maps and photographs, this book is a comprehensive survey of urbanization in South Asia during the last 5000 years.
ENGLISH

Hong Kong - Becoming A Chinese Global City

by Stephen Chiu e Tai-Lok (Chinese University Of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Lui

209,54€ + 10% CARD

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 Chiu and Lui examine the developmental history of Hong Kong, focusing on its rise to the status of a Chinese global city in the world economy, and its social and political correlates between the 1970s andÂ 1990s.
ENGLISH

Hong Kong - Becoming A Chinese Global City

by Stephen Chiu e Tai-Lok (Chinese University Of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Lui

68,93€ + 10% CARD

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 Chiu and Lui examine the developmental history of Hong Kong, focusing on its rise to the status of a Chinese global city in the world economy, and its social and political correlates between the 1970s andÂ 1990s.
ENGLISH

Singapore - Wealth, Power And The Culture Of Control

by Carl A. (Queensland University Of Technology, Australia) Trocki

56,77€ + 10% CARD

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 Carl Trocki examines Singaporeâ€™s culture of control, exploring the city-stateâ€™s colonial heritage as well as the forces that have helped to mould its current social landscape.
ENGLISH

Global Shanghai, 1850-2010 - A History In Fragments

by Jeffrey N (University Of California, Irvine, Usa) Wasserstrom

68,93€ + 10% CARD

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 This book explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided treaty port in the 1840s, and looking forward to its upcoming hosting of Chinaâ€™s first Worldâ€™s Fair, the 2010 Expo.

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