Houses in Motion
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- Synopsis
- Baxstrom (social anthropology, U. of Edinburgh) offers plenty of personal experience in the Brickfields neighborhood of Kuala Lumpur, working from a broad array of interviews and primary sources, to explain why forces of reform in the largely Muslim government of Malaysia tried urban renewal without asking residents what they needed or wanted. It appears that Brickfields was a particularly good example of marginalization, and Baxstrom details the development of Brickfields, the rise of Islamic reform in the region, the trajectory of urban government in Kuala Lumpur, the experience of place in radical transformation, the concept of belonging, and the role of ambivalence in making a place to live. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780804775861
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780804758918
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 05/16/17
- Copyrighted By:
- the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Politics and Government, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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