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
Summary
This book is arguably the first academic book to examine the relationship of Malaysia's large Chinese minority with the politics of architecture and urbanism in Kuala Lumpur. It is also one of the few academic books to situate the Chinese diaspora spaces at the centre of the construction of city and nation
