AbdouMaliq Simone, "Jakarta, Drawing the City Near"
English | ISBN: 0816693366 | 2014 | 320 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Jakarta, a city rife with disparities like many cities in the Global South, is undergoing rapid change. Alongside its megastructures, high-rise residential buildings, and franchised convenience stores, Jakarta's massive slums and off-hour street markets foster an unsettled urban population surviving in difficult conditions. But where does the vast middle of urban life fit into this dichotomy? In