Cold War cities the politics of space in Europe and Asia during the 1950s / edited by Tze-ki Hon.

Contents Introduction: The Cold War from a socio-geographical perspective / Tze-ki Hon -- Space, sexuality, and social rebuilding in post-WWII Berlin / Jennifer Evans -- Modern architecture as ideological representations : East Berlin, West Berlin, and Hong Kong / Liza Wing Man Kam -- Paris broken, but Paris liberated? The state, city administration and the reconstruction of post-war Paris / Stephen W. Sawyer -- Protesting in Paris : public space and the politics of urban appropriation / Alain Chatriot -- Beyond spatial liminality : Chinese student returnees in 1950s' Guangzhou / Els van Dongen -- The question of people : the re-making of Song Emperor's terrace in 1950s Hong Kong / Tze-ki Hon and Hok-yin Chan -- Honoring revolutionary heroes : Taiwan's martyrs' shrines / Vladimir Stolojan-Filipesco -- The global city and biological warfare during the Cold War / Albert Wu -- Class, gender, and the charismatic female subject : Hong Kong cinema during the Cold War era / Vivian Lee -- 'Let Raffles stand where he stands today' : a symbol of the colonial in Singapore during the Cold War / Ying-kit Chan.
Abstract "This book is a dynamic study of the range of experiences of the Cold War in Europe, East Asia and Southeast Asia in the twentieth 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 East and Southeast Asia, it focuses attention on the overlapping local, national, regional, and international rivalries that ultimately divided the world into two opposing camps. Second, it shows that the Cold War had different impacts in different places. Although not all continents are included, this volume demonstrates that the bipolar system was not monolithic and uniform. By comparing experiences in various cities, this book critically examines the ways in which the bipolar system was circumvented or transformed - particularly in places where the line between the Free World and the Communist World was unclear. Cold War Cities will appeal to students and scholars of history and Cold War studies, cultural geography and material cultures, as well as East and Southeast Asian studies"-- Provided by publisher.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Cold War cities London ; Routledge, 2022. 9780367179823
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