Download or read book The Rise and Growth of the Colonial Port Cities in Asia written by Dilip K. Basu and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, which grew out of a conference of the same name held in 1976 in Santa Cruz, fills an important niche in the literature on Asian urbanism. Its three major themes are: the nature of relationships between city and hinterland; the role and character of mercantile elites; and urban morphology. Co-published by arrangement with the Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley.