Building Colonial Hong Kong

Building Colonial Hong Kong

Speculative Development and Segregation in the City

Chu, Cecilia L.

Taylor & Francis Ltd

04/2022

228

Dura

Inglês

9781138344655

15 a 20 dias

1140

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Preface and Acknowledgements.
1. Framing Colonial Urban Development.
2. A Dual City in the Making: Accumulation and Segregation in Nineteenth-Century Victoria.
3. Combatting Nuisance: Urban Improvement and the Colonial Conundrum.
4. Remapping Forms and Norms: From 'Insanitary Properties' to Modern Housing.
5. Constructing Enclaves: A New Era of Suburban Development.
6. The Housing Crisis and the Making of the Modern City.
Afterword: 'Old Hong Kong' and the Present City.
Abbreviations and Notes on Romanization.
Bibliography.
Index.
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Colonial Administration;Hong Kong;HKSAR;Colonial Development;British National Archive;Cecilia Chu;Sham Shui Po;urban planning;Queens Road Central;housing;Wellcome Collection;property speculation;HKSAR Government;segregation;Rents Restrictions Ordinance;urban development;Chinese Houses;cultural studies;Sanitary Board;urban history;Wealthy Chinese;Insanitary Properties;Quarry Bay;Garden City Schemes;Chinese Districts;Good Life;Peak District;Tenement Dweller;King's Park;China Towns;Queen's Road;Rents Ordinance;Discriminatory Orientation;Kennedy Town;Public Standpipes