Cold War Cities (eBook, PDF)

The Politics of Space in Europe and Asia during the 1950s
Redaktion: Hon, Tze-Ki

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a dynamic study of the range of experiences of the Cold War in Europe, East Asia and Southeast Asia in the twentieth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429608261
• Artikelnr.: 62173564

Autorenporträt

Tze-ki Hon is Professor at Research Centre for History and Culture, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, China, and BNU-HKBU United International College. Previously, he taught at City University of Hong Kong, State University of New York at Geneseo, and Hanover College, Indiana. He wrote three books: The Yijing and Chinese Politics, The Allure of the Nation, and Revolution as Restoration. He co-edited four volumes: The Politics of Historical Production in Late Qing and Republican China, Beyond the May 4th Paradigm, The Decade of the Great War, and Confucianism for the Contemporary World. And he co-authored Teaching the I Ching (Book of Changes) with Geoffrey Redmond.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Cityscape as a Signifying System 1. "Space, Sexuality, and Social Rebuilding in Post-World War II Berlin" 2. "Modern Architecture as Ideological Representations: East Berlin, West Berlin, and Hong Kong" 3. "Paris Broken, but Paris Liberated"? The State, City Administration and the Reconstruction of Post-War Paris, 1944-1977" 4. "Protesting in Paris: Public Space and the Politics of Urban Appropriation, 1944-1990" Part 2: Cityscape as a Site of Multiple Memories 5. "Beyond Spatial Liminality: "Chinese" Student Returnees in 1950s' Guangzhou" 6. "The Question of People: Cultural Cold War in 1950s' Hong Kong" 7. "Honoring Revolutionary Heroes: The Political Uses of Martyrs' Shrines in Taiwan" Part 3: Cityscape as a Frontline of Physical and Mental Warfare 8. "Cities and fears of biological warfare during the early Cold War" 9. "Class, Gender, and the Charismatic Female Subject: Hong Kong Cinema during the Cold War Era" 10. "'Let Raffles Stand Where He Stands Today': A Symbol of the Colonial in Singapore During the Cold War"