The boat and the city : Chinese diaspora and the architecture of Southeast Asian coastal cities / Johannes Widodo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Widodo, Johannes.

Series:

Cultural studies (Singapore)

Architecture of Southeast Asian coastal cities series

Cultural studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Southeast Asia--History.

Cities and towns.

Chinese--Southeast Asia--History.

Chinese.

Commerce.

History.

Coasts.

Architecture.

Southeast Asia.

Architecture--Southeast Asia--History.

Coasts--Southeast Asia--History.

Southeast Asia--Commerce--History.

Physical Description:

viii, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Chinese Heritage Centre : Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2004.

Summary:

Offering a coherent and comprehensive approach to the urban history, morphology, and architecture of Southeast Asian cities, Widodo (architecture, National U. of Singapore) looks at the interweaving process of the different groups and events from the formation of cities to their development in the recent past. After a review of urban morphology in the region, he traces changes through the maritime trade from the first to the 16th centuries, the entrepots in the 15th and 16th centuries, the great emporiums in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the colonial cities from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-226) and index.

ISBN:

9812102531

OCLC:

57203778