Manila, City of Islands - A Social and Historical Inquiry Into the Built Forms and Urban Experience of an Archipelagic Megacity by Edwin Wise explores the multiple layers of private cities that comprise Metro Manila. From the gated cities of the rich to the private worlds of the poor, Wise observes tensions between kinships and strangers, technology and history and how it affects urban behavior. 

Publisher:
Ateneo de Manila University Press, Philippines

Publication Date:
2019

Format:
Softcover / 9 x 6 inches / 238 pages / BW

Language:
English

ISBN: 978-971-550-917-6