Postcolonial Urbanism: Southeast Asian Cities and Global Processes

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A common assumption about cities throughout the world is that they are essentially an elaboration of the Euro-American model. Postcolonial Urbanism demonstrates the narrowness of this vision. The book shows that cities in the postcolonial world are producing novel forms of urbanism not reducible to Western models. Despite being heavily colonized in the past, southeast Asia has been largely ignored in discussions about postcolonial theory in general considerations of global urbanism. An international cast of contributors focuses on the heavily urbanized world region of southeast Asia to investigate the novel forms of urbanism germinating in postcolonial settings such as Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Hanoi and the Philippines. Offering a mix of theoretical perspectives and empirical accounts, Postcolonial Urbanism presents a panoramic view of the cultures, societies and politics of the postcolonial city. John Armitage, <University of Northumbria, UK>, Ryan Bishop, <National University of Singapore>, Gregory K Clancey, <National University of Singapore>, Richard L Derderian, <National University of Si

Ryan Bishop is a Senior Fulbright Fellow in the American Studies Center at the National University of Singapore John Phillips is Senior Lecturer at the National University of Singapore Yeo Wei Wei is Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore.

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