Sites of Modernity

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   • Wasana Wongsurawat

   Pages 1-8

3. Teaching Civilisation: The Role of a French Education in the Development of Modernity in Shanghai

   • Alexander Major

   Pages 9-31

4. Scientific Institutions as Sites for Dissemination and Contestation: Emergence of Colonial Calcutta as a Science City

   • Deepak Kumar

   Pages 33-46

5. Management of ‘Public Spaces’: Case-Study of Roads in Bangkok in the Reign of King Rama V

   • Nontaporn Youmangmee

   Pages 47-63

6. A City-State as Migrant Nation: Singapore from the Colonial to the Asian Modern

   • Hong Lysa

   Pages 65-84

7. Whose Home? Cultural Pluralism and Preservation of Japanese Colonial Heritage in Taipei City

   • Hiroko Matsuda

   Pages 85-102

8. Home Base of an Exiled People: Hong Kong and Overseas Chinese Activism from Thailand

   • Wasana Wongsurawat

   Pages 103-117

9. Bangkok: From an Antique to a Modern City

   • Udomporn Teeraviriyakul

   Pages 119-136

10. Nationalism in Indian Architecture: A Modern Trajectory in Twentieth-Century India

    • Madhavi Desai, Miki Desai

    Pages 137-160

11. From the Demolition of Monasteries to the Installation of Neon Lights: The Politics of Urban Construction in the Mongolian People’s Republic

    • Balazs Szalontai

    Pages 161-179

This book investigates, compares and contrasts the experience of entering into and engaging in modernity and the modern era in many parts of the Asian continent. It focuses on the coming into being, development, and transformation of major urban centers from Tokyo to Mumbai from the late 19th century to the present, providing a broad overview of this crucial period of transition in Asia, not only from diverse geographical and historical perspectives, but also incorporating a broad range of further disciplines.

• Asian Cities
• Modernity
• Trade
• Colonialism
• Nationalism
• Urban City
• Civilization
• Migration
• Cultural-pluralism
• Colonial Heritage

• Department of History, Faculty of A, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

  Wasana Wongsurawat

Dr. Wasana Wongsurawat is assistant professor in the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Her area of expertise is the history of modern China, the Chinese Diaspora, transnational and global history. She was the co-editor of Dynamics of the Cold War in Asia: Ideology, Identity and Culture (Palgrave Macmillan 2010). Among her latest publications is the article, "Beyond Jews of the Orient: A New Interpretation of the Problematic Relationship between the Thai State and its Ethnic Chinese Community" (positions: asia critique, volume 24, issue 2, 2016).

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