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

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

Edited By Tze-ki Hon Copyright 2022
184 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

Part 1: Cityscape as a Signifying System

  1. "Space, Sexuality, and Social Rebuilding in Post-WWII Berlin"

    2. Jennifer Evans

  2. "Modern Architecture as Ideological Representations: East Berlin, West Berlin, and Hong Kong"

    3. Liza Wing Man Kam

  3. "Paris Broken, but Paris Liberated"? The State, City Administration and the Reconstruction of Post-War Paris, 1944-1977"

    4. Stephen W. Sawyer

  4. "Protesting in Paris: Public Space and the Politics of Urban Appropriation, 1994-1990"

    5. Alain Chatriot

    Part 2: Cityscape as a Site of Multiple Memories

  5. "Beyond Spatial Liminality: "Chinese" Student Returnees in 1950s’ Guangzhou"

    6. Els van Dongen

  6. "The Question of People: Cultural Cold War in 1950s’ Hong Kong"

    7. Tze-ki Hon and Hok-yin Chan

  7. "Honoring Revolutionary Heroes: The Political Uses of Martyr's Shrines in Taiwan"

    8. Vladimir Stolojan-filipesco

    Part 3: Cityscape as a Frontline of Physical and Mental Warfare

  8. "Cities and fears of biological warfare during the early Cold War"

    9. Albert Wu

  9. "Class, Gender, and the Charismatic Female Subject: Hong Kong Cinema during the Cold War Era"

    10. Vivian Lee

  10. "‘Let Raffles Stand Where He Stands Today’: A Symbol of the Colonial in Singapore During the Cold War"

          Ying-kit Chan

Biography

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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