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961086
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b715456
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| Main Entry
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Smart, Alan.
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| Title & Author
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The Shek Kip Mei myth : : squatters, fires and colonial rule in Hong Kong, 1950-1963 /\ Alan Smart.
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| Publication Statement
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Hong Kong :: Hong Kong University Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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9622097936
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: 9789622097933
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: 9789882203853
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: 988220385X
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9622097928
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9789622097926
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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""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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Housing policy-- China-- Hong Kong.
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Relocation (Housing)-- China-- Hong Kong.
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Squatter settlements-- China-- Hong Kong.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
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Housing policy.
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Relocation (Housing)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Squatter settlements.
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China, Hong Kong.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.556095125
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| LC Classification
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HD7371.A3S55 2006eb
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| Parallel Title
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Squatters, fires and colonial rule in Hong Kong, 1950-1963
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