The Other Kuala Lumpur : Living in the Shadows of a Globalising Southeast Asian City Hardback
Edited by Yeoh Seng Guan
Part of the Routledge Malaysian Studies Series series
Hardback
Description
Kuala Lumpur, like many Southeast Asian cities, has changed very significantly in the last two or three decades – expanding its size, and 'modernising' and 'globalising' its built environment.
For many people these changes represent 'progress' and 'development'.
This book, however, focuses on the more marginalised residents of Kuala Lumpur.
Among others, it considers street hawkers and vendors, refugees, the urban poor, religious minorities and a sexuality rights group, and explores how their everyday lives have been adversely affected by these recent changes.
The book shows how urban renewal, the law and ethno-religious nationalism can work against these groups in wanting to live and work in the capital city of Malaysia.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 1 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 28 Halftones, black and whit
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:24/01/2014
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- ISBN:9780415730860
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 1 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 28 Halftones, black and whit
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:24/01/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415730860
