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Loo, Yat Ming.

Architecture and urban form in Kuala Lumpur race and Chinese spaces in a postcolonial city / [electronic resource] : Yat Ming Loo. - Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2013. - xi, 221 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The racialised landscapes of nation - race relations and spatial segregation -- Colonial identification and Kuala Lumpur -- Duplicating colonial identification - KLCC and Putrajaya -- The making of 'Chinatown' -- Landscape of the non-descript - Kuala Lumpur Chinese Cemetery -- Conclusion.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nationalism and architecture--Malaysia--Kuala Lumpur.
Identity (Psychology) in architecture--Malaysia--Kuala Lumpur.
Space (Architecture)--Malaysia--Kuala Lumpur.
Chinese--Malaysia--Kuala Lumpur.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)--Ethnic relations.
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)--Buildings, structures, etc.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: NA2543.N38 / L66 2013eb

Dewey Class. No.: 720.9595/1