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Cities in motion : urban life and cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia, 1920-1940

Lewis, Su Lin, 1979- author

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\"In the 1920s and 1930s, the port cities of Southeast Asia were staging grounds for diverse groups of ordinary citizens to experiment with modernity, as a rising Japan and the growth of American capitalism challenged the predominance of European empires after the First World War. Both migrants and locals played a pivotal role in shaping civic culture. Moving away from a nationalist reading of the period, Su Lin Lewis explores layers of cross-cultural interaction in various spheres: the urban built environment, civic associations, print media, education, and popular culture. While the book focuses on Penang, Rangoon, and Bangkok - three cities born amidst British expansion in the region - it explores connected experiences across Asia and in Asian intellectual enclaves in Europe. Cosmopolitan sensibilities were severely tested in the era of post-colonial nationalism, but are undergoing a resurgence in Southeast Asia's civil society and creative class today\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Port cities Southeast Asia History 20th century. / Cosmopolitanism Southeast Asia History 20th century. / Sociology, Urban Southeast Asia History 20th century. / Southeast Asia Civilization 20th century. / Southeast Asia History 20th century.
• ISBN: 9781107108332, 9781107519350

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HT147.S6 L49 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE