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

Publication Info.	Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2006]
	©2006

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
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.
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Subject	Housing policy -- China -- Hong Kong.
	Housing policy.
	China -- Hong Kong.
	Relocation (Housing) -- China -- Hong Kong.
	Relocation (Housing)
	Squatter settlements -- China -- Hong Kong.
	Squatter settlements.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Festschriften.
	Festschriften.
Added Title	Squatters, fires and colonial rule in Hong Kong, 1950-1963
In:	HKU Press digital editions.
Other Form:	Print version: Smart, Alan. Shek Kip Mei myth. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2007320490
ISBN	9789882203853 (electronic book)
	988220385X (electronic book)
	9622097936
	9789622097933
	9622097928
	9789622097926