| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 358 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
| Series |
Asia's global cities
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Asia's global cities.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Cosmology, accumulation and the state: the urbanism; 2 The transformation of Krung Thep; 3 The 1990s a global city in a global age; 4 Banglamphu change and persistence in the yan; 5 Genealogy of the slum pragmatism politics and locality; 6 A place in the suburbs: making a neighbourhood in the middle class housing estate; 7 Fields of cultural capital: land, livelihood and landscape transformation on the rural urban fringe; 8 Condo land global forms and local ecologies. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Thailand -- Bangkok.
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Cities and towns. |
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Thailand -- Bangkok. |
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Urbanization -- Thailand -- Bangkok.
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Urbanization. |
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Bangkok (Thailand) -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Askew, Marc. Bangkok. London : Routledge, 2002 (DLC) 2002069900 |
| ISBN |
0203005015 (electronic book) |
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9780203005019 (electronic book) |
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0415188547 (Paper) |
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0415188539 (hardback) |
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