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Price: £20.80
Pages: 227
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Publication Date:
13 June 2006
Trim Size: 9.86 X 5.38 in
ISBN: 9789622097926
Format: Hardcover
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As he reconstructs in masterly fashion the transition from the squalid squatter colonies of early postwar Hong Kong to the massive public housing programmes that have transformed the living standards of so many Hong Kong families, he reveals the governmen
"A major contribution to our understanding of Hong Kong's social history, this very readable study of public housing is highly relevant to contemporary Hong Kong. Alan Smart writes first class history with great conviction and, based on his own experience
"A major contribution to our understanding of Hong Kong's social history, this very readable study of public housing is highly relevant to contemporary Hong Kong. Alan Smart writes first class history with great conviction and, based on his own experience
Alan Smart is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Canada. His previous book on Hong Kong's housing was Making Room Squatter Clearance in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Centre of Asian Studies, 1992).