Globalizing Taipei: The Political Economy of Spatial Development

From: The China Journal | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Williams, Jack F | Copyright information

Globalizing Taipei: The Political Economy of Spatial Development, edited by Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok. New York: Routledge, 2005. xiv + 258 pp. US$105.00/£60.00 (hardcover).

Academic studies about Taipei (and Taiwan's urban system in general, for that matter) are uncommon, in either books or journal articles. This is unfortunate, since Taiwan has an extremely interesting and unusual history with regard to its regional (spatial) development, and especially the way its leading city, Taipei...

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