A Theory of Indigenous Southeast Asian Urbanism / / Richard A. O'Connor.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: O'Connor, Richard A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1983]; ©1983
• Year of Publication: 1983
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (132 p.)

Modern Southeast Asian urban life follows cultural lines set out by the region's early Indic cities. In this indigenous urban tradition the city rules society through a division of power and elaboration of urban-centered status distinctions. Where earlier studies sought Western patterns in Southeast Asian cities, this is the first study to interpret the region's cities wholly within their own historical cultural continuities.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- I. WHAT MAKES THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN CITY WHAT IT IS? -- A THEORY -- II. INDIGENOUS SOCIETY AS COtMJNITY -- III. INDIANIZATION AS HIERARCHY -- IV. ISLAM AND THERAVADA BUDDHISM -- V. TRADITIONAL SOCIETY AND THE PERSISTENCE OF COMMUNITY -- VI. TRADITIONAL URBANIZATION -- VII. TRADITIONAL URBAN VARIATION -- VIII. THE IWACT OF COLONIALISM -- IX. MODERN URBANISM -- COMMUNITY -- X. MODERN URBANISM -- HIERARCHY -- XI. INDIGENOUS URBANISM -- BIBLIOGRAPHY