Sites of Asian Interaction - Ideas, Networks and Mobility

"Develops the rich historical literature on port cities across Asia, the quintessential sites of Asian cosmopolitanism, as well as more recent work on the 'moving metropolises' and 'mobile cities' of contemporary Asia"--Provided by publisher.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction Tim Harper and Sunil S. Amrith; 1. Singapore, 1915, and the birth of the Asian underground Tim Harper; 2. Living in the material world: cosmopolitanism and trade in early twentieth century Ladakh Jacqueline H. Fewkes; 3. Nation, race, and language: discussing transnational identities in colonial Singapore, circa 1930 Chua Ai Lin; 4. Intimate interactions: Eurasian family histories in colonial Penang Kirsty Walker; 5. Citing as a site: translation and circulation in Muslim South and Southeast Asia Ronit Ricci; 6. Popular sites of prayer, transoceanic migration, and cultural diversity: exploring the significance of keramat in Southeast Asia Sumit K. Mandal; 7. Connecting people: a Central Asian Sufi network in turn-of-the-century Istanbul Lâle Can; 8. 'Enough of the Great Napoleons!' Raja Mahendra Pratap's Pan-Asian projects (1929¿39) Carolien Stolte; 9. Chinatowns and borderlands: inter-Asian encounters in the diaspora Evelyn Hu-Dehart; 10. Creating spaces for Asian interaction through the anti-globalization campaigns in the region Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem; Index.

About the author

Tim Harper is Reader in Southeast Asian and Imperial History at Magdalene College, Cambridge.Sunil Amrith is Reader in Modern Asian History at Birkbeck, University of London.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Harper, Tim (University of Cambridge) Amrith Harper, Tim Amrith Harper
• Assisted by: Sunil Amrith (Editor), Sunil (Birkbeck Amrith (Editor), Amrith Sunil (Editor), Tim Harper (Editor), Tim (University of Cambridge) Harper (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9781107082083
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08208-3
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Asia, Social & cultural history, General & world history, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General