The Shek Kip Mei myth : squatters, fires and colonial rule in Hong Kong, 1950-1963
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Bibliographic Information
The Shek Kip Mei myth : squatters, fires and colonial rule in Hong Kong, 1950-1963
Hong Kong University Press, c2006
- : hbk
- : pbk.
Available at 4 libraries
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
: hbkAEHK||333.32||S216637696
Note
Bibliography: p. [217]-224
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"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.
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