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Taipei: City of Displacements (McLellan Endowed Series xx)

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Taipei: City of Displacements (McLellan Endowed Series xx)

Winner of the Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize

This cultural study of public space examines the cityscape of Taipei, Taiwan, in rich descriptive prose. Contemplating a series of seemingly banal subjectsâ€•maps, public art, parksâ€•Joseph Allen peels back layers of obscured history to reveal forces that caused cultural objects to be celebrated, despised, destroyed, or transformed as Taipei experienced successive regime changes and waves of displacement. In this thoughtful stroll through the city, we learn to look beyond surface ephemera, moving from the general to the particular to see sociocultural phenomena in their historical and contemporary contexts.

Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBdGIoox7zM

Country	USA
Brand	University of Washington Press
Manufacturer	University of Washington Press
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	35 illustrations
Height	1
Length	8.9
Weight	1.10010668738
Width	5.9
NumberOfItems	1
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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