Contesting Space in Colonial Singapore: Power Relations and the Urban Built Environment

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In the British colonial city of Singapore, municipal authorities and Asian communities faced off over numerous issue. As the city expanded, disputes arose in connection with sanitation, housing, street names, control over pedestrian 'five-foot-ways', and sacred spaces such as burial grounds. Brenda Yeoh's Contesting Space in Colonial Singapore details these conflicts and how they shaped the city. The British administration structured the private and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:9971692686

ISBN13:9789971692681

Release Date:January 2003

Publisher:NUS Press

Length:380 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.9" x 10.0"

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