Monsoon Marketplace: Capitalism, Media, and Modernity in Manila and Singapore [1 ed.] 1531505287, 9781531505288

Monsoon Marketplace: Capitalism, Media, and Modernity in Manila and Singapore [1 ed.] 1531505287, 9781531505288

Provides vivid accounts of commercial and leisure spaces that captivated the public imagination in the past but have sin

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Liberalism Disavowed: Communitarianism and State Capitalism in Singapore 9781501713453

In Liberalism Disavowed, Beng Huat Chua examines the rejection of Western-style liberalism in Singapore since the nation

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The Media, Cultural Control and Government in Singapore 0415413303, 9780415413305

This book explores this inherent contradiction present in most facets of Singaporean media, cultural and political disco

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Gender, Media and Modernity in the Asia-Pacific 9781138024465

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A Monsoon Feast: Short stories to celebrate the cultures of Kerala and Singapore: Short stories to celebrate the cultures of Kerala and Singapore 9789814358835, 9789814358842, 9814358835, 9814358843

Across the seas, the winds blow between two lands, whispering back and forth what is seen, heard, tasted, smelt, felt in

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English in Singapore: Modernity and Management (Asian Englishes Today) [Illustrated] 9888028421, 9789888028429

English in Singapore provides an up-to-date, detailed and comprehensive investigation into the various issues surroundin

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Marketplace Lifestyles in an Age of Social Media: Theory and Methods 9781317465119, 9780765625618

This book approaches the concept of lifestyle from a contemporary scholarly perspective, and subjects it to rigorous the

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Monsoon Traders: Ships, Skippers and Commodities in Eighteenth-century Makassar

Makassar was an early-modern Southeast Asian kingdom which has been seen as exemplifying "The Age of Commerce,"

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Spirits and Ships: Cultural Transfers in Early Monsoon Asia 9789814762779

This volume seeks to foreground a “borderless” history and geography of South, Southeast, and East Asian littoral zones

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Trading Spaces: The Colonial Marketplace and the Foundations of American Capitalism 9780226659954

When we talk about the economy, “the market” is often just an abstraction. While the exchange of goods was historically

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