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

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

Su Lin Lewis

（Asian connections）

Cambridge University Press, 2018

  • : paperback

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"First published 2016. First paperback edition 2018"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-299) and index

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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 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, popular culture and the emergence of the modern woman. While the book focuses on Penang, Rangoon and Bangkok - three cities born amidst British expansion to 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.

目次

  • Introduction: seeing through the city
  • 1. Maritime commerce, old rivalries, and the birth of three cities
  • 2. Asian port cities in a turbulent age
  • 3. Cosmopolitan publics in divided societies
  • 4. Newsprint, wires, and the reading public
  • 5. Playgrounds, classrooms, and politics
  • 6. Gramophones, cinema halls, and bobbed hair
  • Epilogue: cosmopolitan legacies
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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