Contesting Space in Colonial Singapore

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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements to the First Edition
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Glossary
Note on Currency
Note on Chinese Names and Terms
Power Relations and the Built Environment in Colonial Cities	p. 1
Establishing an Institution of Control over the Urban Built Environment: The Municipal Authority of Singapore, 1819-1930	p. 28
Municipal Sanitary Surveillance, Asian Resistance, and the Control of the Urban Environment	p. 85
Shaping the Built Form of the City: From the Regulation of House Form to Urban Planning	p. 136
Municipal versus Asian Utilities Systems: Urban Water Supply and Sewage Disposal	p. 175
The Naming and Signification of Urban Space: Municipal versus Asian Street-names and Place-names	p. 219
The Control of 'Public' Space: Conflicts over the Definition and Use of the Verandah	p. 243
The Control of 'Sacred' Space: Conflicts over the Chinese Burial Grounds	p. 281
Conclusion: The Politics of Space in Colonial Singapore	p. 312
Appendix	p. 317
Bibliography	p. 323
Index	p. 346
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