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9789971692681

Contesting Space in Colonial Singapore

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  • ISBN13:

    9789971692681

  • ISBN10:

    9971692686

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-03-01
  • Publisher: Singapore Univ Pr

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Author Biography

Brenda S. A. Yeoh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore, and Co-Principal Investigator of the Asian MetaCentre for Population and Sustainable Development at the University's Asia Research Institute.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements to the First Edition
Tables
Figures
Plates
Abbreviations
Glossary
Note on Currency
Note on Chinese Names and Terms
Power Relations and the Built Environment in Colonial Citiesp. 1
Establishing an Institution of Control over the Urban Built Environment: The Municipal Authority of Singapore, 1819-1930p. 28
Municipal Sanitary Surveillance, Asian Resistance, and the Control of the Urban Environmentp. 85
Shaping the Built Form of the City: From the Regulation of House Form to Urban Planningp. 136
Municipal versus Asian Utilities Systems: Urban Water Supply and Sewage Disposalp. 175
The Naming and Signification of Urban Space: Municipal versus Asian Street-names and Place-namesp. 219
The Control of 'Public' Space: Conflicts over the Definition and Use of the Verandahp. 243
The Control of 'Sacred' Space: Conflicts over the Chinese Burial Groundsp. 281
Conclusion: The Politics of Space in Colonial Singaporep. 312
Appendixp. 317
Bibliographyp. 323
Indexp. 346
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