Contents

pp 5-7

Figures

pp 7-10

Acknowledgements

pp 11-12

Introduction: Asian Cities: Colonial to Global

pp 13-28

Part One - Post-colonialism

pp 29-30

1 - Gambling, City, Nation: Popular Illegality and Nation Building in Singapore, 1960s-1980s

pp 31-52

2 - The Death of the Pasar Malam: The Counterpoint to Development in the Singapore Story

pp 53-68

3 - Artifice and Authenticity: Postcolonial Urbanism in Macau

pp 69-94

4 - Urban Art Images and the Concerns of Mainlandization in Hong Kong

pp 95-122

Part Two - Networks

pp 123-124

5 - Honkon Nippō and Hong Kong-Japan Relations: Re-examining the Geopolitical Position of Colonial Hong Kong in East Asia before the End of World War II

pp 125-142

6 - Chain Reactions: Japanese Colonialism and Global Cosmopolitanism in East Asia

pp 143-158

7 - Old Networks with New Users: Mapping Global Mobility between Dongguan and Hong Kong

pp 159-172

8 - Asian Cities in the Global Maritime Network since the Late Nineteenth Century

pp 173-186

9 - Back to the Future: Feasible Cost-Sharing Co-operation in the Straits of Malacca

pp 187-214

Part Three - Cities and Buildings

pp 215-216

10 - Rallying Towards the Nation: Theatre of Nation Building in Post-colonial Dhaka

pp 217-240

11 - Selectively Connected: New Songdo and the Production of Global Space

pp 241-260

12 - The Vernacular and the Spectacular: Urban Identity and Architectural Heritage in Southeast Asian Cities

pp 261-278

13 - Heritage in Times of Rapid Transformation: A Tale of Two Cities – Yangon and Hanoi

pp 279-300

14 - Small-scale, Bottom-up: Cosmopolitan Linkages Reglobalizing Shanghai’s City Centre

pp 301-326

Conclusion: Global Cities in Asia

pp 327-330

Contributors

pp 331-336

Bibliography

pp 337-366

Index

pp 367-381