Squatters Into Citizens: The 1961 Bukhit Ho Swee Fire and the Making of Modern Singapore
(Part of the ASAA Southeast Asian Publications Series Series)
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The crowded, bustling, "squatter" kampongs so familiar across Southeast Asia have long since disappeared from Singapore, leaving few visible traces of their historical influence on the life in the city-state. In one such settlement, located in an area known as Bukit Ho Swee, a great fire in 1961 destroyed the kampong and left 16,000 people homeless, creating a national emergency that led to the first big public housing project of the new Housing...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0824839463
ISBN13:9780824839468
Release Date:October 2013
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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