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Author Lim, William Siew Wai, 1932-2023.

Title Asian alterity : with special reference to architecture + urbanism through the lens of cultural studies / William S.W. Lim.

Publication Info. Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (222, 96 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Asian alterity : with special reference to architecture + urbanism through the lens of cultural studies -- Asian alterity part II : case studies of Asian cities.
Summary Employing the multi-disciplinary cultural studies as a theoretical platform, this book presents a unique analysis of Asia's development and its architecture and urbanism. The concept of "multiple modernities" is extensively examined to provide the foundational understanding of Asian modernity today, which is firmly rooted in both its indigenous cultures and traditions as well as its contemporariness. This book, a new reflection on the nature of the city in Asia, and the role of professionals in the multiple modernities of those cities, includes: case studies of dynamic Asian cities such as Shanghai, Seoul, Melbourne and others; comments written by an internationally-assembled review panel; innovative and stylistic page layouts by a designer who is the Webby International Ambassador of Singapore; and a full color printing.
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Subject Architecture and society -- Asia.
Architecture and society.
Asia.
Urbanization -- Asia.
Urbanization.
City and town life -- Asia -- Cross-cultural studies.
City and town life.
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies.
Subject Cities and towns -- Asia -- Growth -- Case studies.
Cities and towns.
Growth.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Lim, William Siew Wai, 1932- Asian alterity. Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2008 (DLC) 2007043869
ISBN 9789812708809 (electronic book)
9812708804 (electronic book)
128191861X
9781281918611
9789812771070 (alkaline paper)
9812771077 (alkaline paper)
9789812707710 (alkaline paper)
9812707719 (alkaline paper)