The Rise and Growth of the Colonial Port Cities in Asia

This volume, which grew out of a conference of the same name held in 1976 in Santa Cruz, fills an important niche in the literature on Asian urbanism. Its three major themes are: the nature of relationships between city and hinterland; the role and character of mercantile elites; and urban morphology. Co-published by arrangement with the Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley.