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The geopolitics of spectacle : space, synecdoche, and the new capitals of Asia /

"Develops a geographic approach to the politics of spectacle and its unspectacular Others through examining recent spectacular capital city development projects in seven authoritarian, resource-rich states of Central Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and East Asia"--

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Koch, Natalie (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : spectacular urbanism and the new capitals of Asia
  • Approaching spectacle geographically
  • From Almaty to Astana : capitalizing the territory in Kazakhstan
  • From Astana to Aral : making inequality enchant in Kazakhstan's hinterlands
  • From Astana to Asia : spectacular cities and the new capitals of Asia compared
  • Conclusion : synecdoche and the geopolitics of spectacular urbanism in Asia.