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Author:   Peter J.M. Nas
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.616kg
ISBN:  

9789004098558

ISBN 10:   9004098550
Pages:   394
Publication Date:   01 March 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Peter J.M. Nas; 2. Jakarta, city full of symbols: An essay in symbolic ecology, Peter J.M. Nas; 3. Mirrors and the lighthouse: A search for meaning in the monuments and great works of Sukarno's Jakarta, 1960-1966, Jacques Leclerc; 4. The power of symbols in the urban arena: The case of Padang (West Sumatra), Freek Colombijn; 5. Images of a Sumatran town: Padang and the rise of urban symbolism in Indonesia, Hans-Dieter Evers; 6. Urban rituals and symbols in Buenos Aires, 1806-1910, Hans Vogel; 7. Signifying urban space: Vitoria, Brazil. Cultural and political discourses behind urban imagery, Geert A. Banck; 8. Image as territory: Paris' Little Asia, Anne Raulin; 9. A murder in Batavia or the ritual of power, Gerard Termorshuizen; 10. Images of protest and the use of urban space in the 1989 Chinese People's Movement, Frank N. Pieke; 11. Toto/Tokyo: metropolis anno 17-something -19-now, Matthi Forrer; 12. Making sense of urban space in Francistown, Botswana, Wim van Binsbergen; 13. Bangkok as a symbol? Ideological and everyday life constructions of Bangkok, Rudiger Korff; 14. Icon, illusion and reality: Images of urbanism, Peter C.W. Gutkind; 15. The urban capital in early states: Symbols and images, Henri J.M. Claessen; 16. Keraton and temples in Bali: The transcendental organization of rulership between centre and periphery, Brigitta Hauser-Schaublin; 17. Glory of Batavia: The image of a colonial city through the eyes of a Javanese nobleman, Willem van der Molen; 18. Lucknow: The city of palace culture, Ghaus Ansari; 19. Baghdad: The city of learning and pleasure, Wadia Taha Al-Najim; 20. Kathmandu as a sacrificial arena, Bert van den Hoek; 21. The circle and the square: Symbolic form and process in the city, Aidan Southall

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' ...a very interesting and informative book... ' Derek Kerr, Urban Studies , 1994. ' Students, researchers and teachers in the field of anthropology, sociology and demography will find this study very useful and comprehensive reading. ' Educational Book Review , 1994.

'...a very interesting and informative book...' Derek Kerr, Urban Studies, 1994. 'Students, researchers and teachers in the field of anthropology, sociology and demography will find this study very useful and comprehensive reading.' Educational Book Review, 1994.

'.. .a very interesting and informative book...'<br>Derek Kerr, Urban Studies, 1994.<br>' Students, researchers and teachers in the field of anthropology, sociology and demography will find this study very useful and comprehensive reading.'<br> Educational Book Review, 1994.<br>

Author Information

Peter J.M. Nas (1944) is Senior Lecturer in urban and applied anthropology at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands.

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