The Shek Kip Mei myth: squatters, fires and colonial rule in Hong Kong, 1950-1963
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Main Author: Smart, Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press ©2006
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Colonial Cities, Illegal Spaces; 3. Hong Kong in 1950; 4. Kowloon Walled City; 5. Tung Tau; 6. Shek Kip Mei; 7. Tsuen Wan; 8. Tai Hang Tung; 9. Lei Cheng Uk; 10. Squatter Control after 1954; 11. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
""The Shek Kip Mei Myth"" provides a new explanation for the beginnings of Hong Kong's massive public housing program, tracing it to the colonial govenrment's inability to resolve the squatter problem due to constraints posed by the geopolitics of the early Cold War
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 227 pages)
ISBN:9622097928
9789622097926
9789882203853
988220385X

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