{"product_id":"cities-in-motion-su-lin-lewis-9781107519350","title":"Cities in Motion: Urban Life and Cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia, 1920-1940","description":"In the 1920s and 1930s, the port-cities of Southeast Asia were staging grounds for diverse groups of ordinary citizens to experiment with modernity, as a rising Japan and American capitalism challenged the predominance of European empires after the First World War. Both migrants and locals played a pivotal role in shaping civic culture. Moving away from a nationalist reading of the period, Su Lin Lewis explores layers of cross-cultural interaction in various spheres: the urban built environment, civic associations, print media, education, popular culture and the emergence of the modern woman. While the book focuses on Penang, Rangoon and Bangkok - three cities born amidst British expansion to the region - it explores connected experiences across Asia and in Asian intellectual enclaves in Europe. Cosmopolitan sensibilities were severely tested in the era of post-colonial nationalism, but are undergoing a resurgence in Southeast Asia's civil society and creative class today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Su Lin Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1107519357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781107519350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Su Lin Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991874502911,"sku":"9781107519350","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70fa94dc-c842-45b7-b363-c01824488143.jpg?v=1683312737","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cities-in-motion-su-lin-lewis-9781107519350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}