Yeoh, Brenda S. A., <br/><br/>
Contesting space in colonial Singapore :  power relations and the urban built environment / 
Brenda S.A. Yeoh. 
 - xxv, 351 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm. 
 - Singapore: Studies in society & history .
 - Singapore, studies in society & history. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-345) and index. 
<br/><br/> Power Relations and the Built Environment in Colonial Cities --  Establishing an Institution of Control over the Urban Built Environment: The Municipal Authority of Singapore, 1819-1930 --  Municipal Sanitary Surveillance, Asian Resistance, and the Control of the Urban Environment --  Shaping the Built Form of the City: From the Regulation of House Form to Urban Planning --  Municipal versus Asian Utilities Systems: Urban Water Supply and Sewage Disposal --  The Naming and Signification of Urban Space: Municipal versus Asian Street-names and Place-names --  The Control of 'Public' Space: Conflicts over the Definition and Use of the Verandah --  The Control of 'Sacred' Space: Conflicts over the Chinese Burial Grounds --  Conclusion: The Politics of Space in Colonial Singapore.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9971692686 9789971692681 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Urban ecology (Sociology)--Singapore<br/>City planning--Singapore<br/>Colonial cities--Singapore<br/>Social ecology--Singapore<br/>Chinese--Singapore
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT243.S55  / Y46 1996 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.76095957