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Imperial contagions : medicine, hygiene, and cultures of planning in Asia /

by Peckham, Robert [editor of compilation.]; Pomfret, David M [editor of compilation.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2013]Description: xi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9789888139125 (hbk.); 9888139126 (hbk.); 9888139525 (pbk.); 9789888139521 (pbk.).Other title: Medicine, hygiene, and cultures of planning in Asia.Subject(s): Medicine -- Asia -- History | Public health -- Asia -- History | Colonies -- Asia -- History | Colonies -- Social conditionsOnline resources: Table of contents only
Partial contents:
Chapter 1. Combating nuisance: sanitation, regulation, and the politics of property in colonial Hong Kong / Cecilia Chu -- chapter 2. "Tropicalizing" planning: sanitation, housing, and technologies of improvement in colonial Singapore, 1907-1942 / Jiat-Hwee Chang
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-300) and index.

Chapter 1. Combating nuisance: sanitation, regulation, and the politics of property in colonial Hong Kong / Cecilia Chu -- chapter 2. "Tropicalizing" planning: sanitation, housing, and technologies of improvement in colonial Singapore, 1907-1942 / Jiat-Hwee Chang


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