Contesting Space in Colonial Singapore: Power Relations and the Urban Built Environment David duChemin from despair to hope

from despair to hope

just maybe

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Contesting Space in Colonial Singapore: Power Relations and the Urban Built Environment David duChemin from despair to hopeIn the British colonial city of Singapore, municipal authorities and Asian communities faced off over numerous issues. As the city expanded, disputes arose in connection with sanitation, housing, street names, control over pedestrian 'five foot ways', and sacred spaces such as burial grounds. Brenda Yeoh's Contesting Space in Colonial Singapore details these conflicts and how they shaped the city. The British administration structured the private and