Kristin Stapleton, The Modern City in Asia
The Modern City in Asia is a short, didactic book written by Kristin Stapleton – an American specialist of modern Chinese history. Stapleton’s case rejects the nostalgic historiographical tradition dating back to the colonial era concerning the founding of modern cities in Asia: indeed, Stapleton a...
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| Publicado no: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Revue française de civilisation britannique
2024
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Resumo: | The Modern City in Asia is a short, didactic book written by Kristin Stapleton – an American specialist of modern Chinese history. Stapleton’s case rejects the nostalgic historiographical tradition dating back to the colonial era concerning the founding of modern cities in Asia: indeed, Stapleton argues that the conquering West has so far attached far too much weight to the role of figures like Wellesley, Raffles or Lutyens. Rather, the origin of cities in today’s globalised Asia should be c... |
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