Cargando…
The new Asian city : three-dimensional fictions of space and urban form /
Under Jini Kim Watson's scrutiny, the Asian Tiger metropolises of Seoul, Taipei, and Singapore reveal a surprising residue of the colonial environment. Drawing on a wide array of literary, filmic, and political works, and juxtaposing close readings of the built environment, Watson demonstrates...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2011.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Under Jini Kim Watson's scrutiny, the Asian Tiger metropolises of Seoul, Taipei, and Singapore reveal a surprising residue of the colonial environment. Drawing on a wide array of literary, filmic, and political works, and juxtaposing close readings of the built environment, Watson demonstrates how processes of migration and construction in the hypergrowth urbanscapes of the Pacific Rim crystallize the psychic and political dramas of their colonized past and globalized present. Examining how newly constructed spaces-including expressways, high-rises, factory zones, department stores, and govern. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816678792 0816678790 1452947554 9781452947556 |