The Shek Kip Mei myth : squatters, fires and colonial rule in Hong Kong, 1950-1963 /

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Author / Creator:Smart, Alan.
Imprint:Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2006.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11221229
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Varying Form of Title:Squatters, fires and colonial rule in Hong Kong, 1950-1963
ISBN:9789882203853
988220385X
9622097936
9789622097933
9622097928
9789622097926
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:""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.
Other form:Print version: Smart, Alan. Shek Kip Mei myth. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2006

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