~~ ASIA ~~
Note: The date in parentheses at the end of each website refers to the date the website
was entered and/or verified in H-Urban Web Links.
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- UNESCO Municipal Archives: Asia Pacific
- See UNESCO Archives Portal
(7 Aug 2002)
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~~ India ~~
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BOMBAY (Mumbai)
- Mumbai (Bombay) History
http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/history/
- Mostly narrative with an excellent cross-indexing system.
(28 Jul 2001)
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~~ Bangladesh ~~
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- The Ricksha Arts of Bangladesh
http://ricksha.org/
- This site is rather interesting and documents an overlooked part of urban transportation. Authored by Joanna Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., a Cultural and Social Anthropologist, the site contains numerous photos of highly decorated rickshas in Bangladesh's cities, a map and text on regional decorative styles, and a bibliography with links. The contents of the site are drawn from Kirkpatrick's anthropological field visits to Bangladesh
between 1975 and 1998.
(3 May 2002)
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~~ China ~~
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Silk Road Seattle
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/index.shtml
- Maps, historical texts, and illustrated cities and architecture are some of the resources used to examine China's Silk Road.
(12 Aug 2002)
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QUANSHOU (Canton)
- Learning about Quanshou (Canton): The Archaeology of a Mediaeval Port in Fujian, China
http://www.arts.ubc.ca/anso/pearson/quanzhou/english/english.htm
- Three anthropologists put together this largely archaeological site about the city (once anglicized as Canton), which was the largest port in the world in the twelfth century. There is a brief history of the city, eight photos and an excellent bibliography. More detail, especially maps and links would improve this site.
(23 Aug 2001)
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~~ Japan ~~
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Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period
http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/unive/
- The Nagasaki University Library has put this collection of late nineteenth-century photos online. The site includes 5414 images, many colorized by hand when originally printed. A very high proportion have urban themes. This site has English language text.
(18 Jun 2001; updated 8 Aug 2002)
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HIROSHIMA
- Hiroshima Archive
http://www.lclark.edu/~history/HIROSHIMA/index.html
- Images, reminiscences, text and links about the nuclear bombing of this city.
(19 Nov 2001)
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~~ Uzbekistan ~~
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SAMARKAND
- Samarkand
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/cities/samarkand/samarkand.html
- A short history of this Uzbekistan city, with illustrations, by Daniel C. Waugh of the University of Washington.
(22 Jul 2002; updated 30 June 2003)
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