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Walking between slums and skyscrapers : illusions of open space in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai / Tsung-Yi Michelle Huang.

"This book is concerned with the effects of globalization on living space (i.e., the space of everyday life), focusing specifically on East Asian metropolises, such as Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai. Globalization has given rise to accessible catch-phrases such as the 'global village'...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Huang, Tsung-yi Michelle
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2004.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
City planning > China > Hong Kong.
City planning > Japan > Tokyo.
City planning > China > Shanghai.
Open spaces > Social aspects > China > Hong Kong.
Open spaces > Social aspects > Japan > Tokyo.
Open spaces > Social aspects > China > Shanghai.
Slums > China > Hong Kong.
Slums > Japan > Tokyo.
Slums > China > Shanghai.
Skyscrapers > China > Hong Kong.
Skyscrapers > Japan > Tokyo.
Skyscrapers > China > Shanghai.
Globalization > Social aspects > China > Hong Kong.
Globalization > Social aspects > Japan > Tokyo.
Globalization > Social aspects > China > Shanghai.
City planning.
Cities and towns > China > Shanghai > Growth.
City and town life > China > Shanghai.
Cities and towns > Japan > Tokyo > Growth.
City and town life > Japan > Tokyo.
City and town life
Cities and towns > Growth
City planning
Globalization > Social aspects
Open spaces > Social aspects
Skyscrapers
Slums
China > Hong Kong
China > Shanghai
Japan > Tokyo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknoloedgements; Introduction; PART ONE Hong Kong Blue: Where Have All the Flaneurs Gone? Walking in Between EternalDual Compression; 1 Hong Kong: A Nodal Point of Dual Compression From British Empire Colony to Disney Kingdom Outpost; 2 Chungking Express: Walking With a Map of Desire in the Mirag e of the Global City; 3 Between Representations of Space and Representational Spaces: Flaneurie With the Camera's Eye; Part Two Bettwaso Gtobal Flows aod Carnal Fiows: Walking in Tokyo; 4 Mimesis: The Violence of Space; 5 From Mimesis to Mimicry: Memory, Subjectivity, and Space.

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