pt. 1 Introduction -- 1. Globalization, Asian cities and Western cities -- pt. 2 Urbanization and cities -- 2. Urbanization and the Asian city -- 3. Urbanism and the Asian city -- pt. 3 Nation-building and Asian cities -- 4. Businesses and cities -- 5. Migrants and cities -- 6. Travelers and cities -- 7. Commercial popular culture and cities -- pt. 4 Looking ahead -- 8. Asian cities and twenty-first century globalization