Modern City in Asia

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 yielded its political centrality to the nation. Still, modern cities remained an important marker of national achievement during the Cold War. 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 evolution.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Asia's Urban History and the Concept of the Modern City; 2. Colonial Cities in the Age of European Imperialism; 3. Emulation and Innovation in Cities Controlled by Asians before WWII; 4. Asian-Based Critiques of City-Centered Development; 5. Asian Cities during the Cold War: Decolonization and Development; 6. Contemporary Urbanism in Asia and Asian Cities of the Future.

Summary

This Element analyzes how concepts and practices associated with the 'modern city' were received, transformed, and contested in Asia over the past 150 years.

Foreword

This Element analyzes how concepts and practices associated with the 'modern city' were received, transformed, and contested in Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Kristin Stapleton, Kristin (University At Buffalo Stapleton, Stapleton Kristin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108994927
• ISBN: 978-1-108-99492-7
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Global Urban History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Asia, HISTORY / World, Urban & municipal planning, General and world history, urban economics, Regional / urban economics