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THE SHEK KIP MEI MYTH
SQUATTERS, FIRES, AND COLONIAL RULE IN HONG KONG, 1950-1963 |
| By: |
Alan Smart |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£22.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9622097936 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789622097933 |
| Publisher: |
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2006 |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
Argues that the Government's response to Shek Kip Mei fire was grudging and incremental and that the security and stability of Hong Kong weighed as heavily, possibly more so, in the decisions than the predicament of the fire victims. This book aims to make a contrarian contribution to the postwar history of Hong Kong. |
| Synopsis: |
"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. |
| Publication: |
Hong Kong |
| Imprint: |
Hong Kong University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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