UNSETTLING ABSENCES URBANISM IN RURAL MALAYSIA

UNSETTLING ABSENCES URBANISM IN RURAL MALAYSIA

Argues that urbanism is a cultural force unbound from the city and is a pervasive presence in the Malaysian countryside. This book shows how transported to rural communities, urbanism has motivated migration, transformed the social lives of rural inhabitants, and created a deep ambivalence about per...

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Main Author: Thompson, Eric C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore NUS Press 2007
Subjects:
Rural-urban migration > Malaysia
Rural-urban relations > Malaysia
Anthropology > Malaysia
Sociology, Rural > Malaysia
Migration, Internal > Malaysia
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