Contesting Space in Colonial Singapore

Contesting Space in Colonial Singapore
Author: Brenda S. A. Yeoh
Publisher: NUS Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789971692681

In the British colonial city of Singapore, municipal authorities and Asian communities faced off over numerous issues. As the city expanded, various disputes concerning issues such as sanitation, housing and street names arose. This volume details these conflicts and how they shaped the city.

Lawasia

Lawasia
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 672
Release: 1982
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Contesting Space

Contesting Space
Author: Brenda S. A. Yeoh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 402
Release: 1996
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

This book examines the nature of conflict between the colonial authorities, which wanted the city ordered, sanitized, and amenable to regulation, and the Asian communities who lived and worked in colonial Singapore and had their own values, priorities, and resources. The result was an environment that embodied and expressed the tensions and negotiations, conflicts, and compromises between the different groups.