Books in the Asia's Transformations/Asia's Great Cities series

Explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided treaty port in the 1840s, and looking forward to its upcoming hosting of China's first World's Fair, the 2010 Expo. This book is suitable for students and scholars of Chinese studies and urban studies.

An in-depth study of the city's many facets, with insights from cultural history, urban studies and human geography, this title is an account of the real Bangkok, useful for anyone with an interest in urban studies or Asian studies.

Examining Singapore's culture of control, this book explores the city-state's colonial heritage, as well as the forces that have helped to mould its contemporary social landscape.

Exploring the politics of representation and the cultural changes that occurred in the city, this post colonial study addresses the questions of modernity and space that haunt our perception of Calcutta.

Examines the developmental history of Hong Kong, focusing on its rise to the status of a Chinese global city in the world economy. This book explores development as an integrated process involving economic, political and social dimensions.

Emphasizing on the production of space and periodic excursions into literature, art and architecture, religion and public culture, this study is suitable for students and scholars interested in comparative history, urban studies, and the social sciences.