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H-ASIA March 29, 2011 Member publication: Asian cities: globalization, urbanization and nation-building ****************************************************************** From: malcolm mckinnon <mckinnonmalcolm@gmail.com> I wish to record the recent publication of: Asian cities: globalization, urbanization and nation-building Copenhagen, NIAS Press, 2011, www.niaspress.dk ISBN: 978-87-7694-078-2 (hbk) ISBN: 978-87-7694-079-9 (pbk) 234 pp plus index and bibliography *Asian Cities *challenges Western paradigms of urban growth with a fresh look at cities in developing Asia. It questions the status accorded globalization in explaining contemporary Asian cities, arguing instead that they are being transformed by at least three autonomous, albeit linked, forces – urbanization and nation-building as well as globalization. The book reaches beyond the usual focus on metropolitan centers to examine urban life in selected middle-sized cities in China, India and Indonesia, representative of hundreds of such centers throughout Asia. The work of a single author, *Asian cities* provides both a readable introduction to Asian urbanism for students in the humanities and social sciences, and an interpretation that will interest scholars in those same fields. The hardback edition is now available in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, to be followed shortly by the paperback, worldwide. An advance copy can be seen at the AAS conference in Honolulu. This is also an opportunity for the author to thank H-Asia, and particularly its editors, for sustaining over so many years a forum which has greatly facilitated the task of researching and writing a book like this. Malcolm McKinnon Wellington, New Zealand ****************************************************************** To post to H-ASIA simply send your message to: <H-ASIA@h-net.msu.edu> For holidays or short absences send post to: <listserv@h-net.msu.edu> with message: SET H-ASIA NOMAIL Upon return, send post with message SET H-ASIA MAIL H-ASIA WEB HOMEPAGE URL: http://h-net.msu.edu/~asia/
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