Cold War Cities: The Politics of Space in Europe and Asia during the 1950s

Author:   Tze-ki Hon
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032061306


Pages:   172
Publication Date:   31 May 2023
Format:   Paperback
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This book is a dynamic study of the range of experiences of the Cold War in Europe, East Asia and Southeast Asia in the 20th century. Comprised of ten chapters from a diverse team of scholars from Europe, East Asia, and North America, this edited volume furthers the study of the Cold War in two ways. First, it underscores the global scope of the Cold War. Beginning from Europe and extending to East and Southeast Asia, it focuses attention on the overlapping local, national, regional, and international rivalries that ultimately divided the world into two opposing camps. Second, it shows that the Cold War had different impacts in different places. Although not all continents are included, this volume demonstrates that the bipolar system was not monolithic and uniform. By comparing experiences in various cities, this book critically examines the ways in which the bipolar system was circumvented or transformed – particularly in places where the line between the Free World and the Communist World was unclear. Cold War Cities will appeal to students and scholars of history and Cold War studies, cultural geography and material cultures, as well as East and Southeast Asian studies.

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Author:   Tze-ki Hon
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032061306


ISBN 10:   1032061308
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   31 May 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"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"""

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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.

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