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Author Bremner, George A

Title Spaces of empire : culture, discourse, and urban formation with particular reference to British Hong Kong, 1842-1914 / George A. Bremner
Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2000

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Description vii, 147 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
Summary Traces the ideological formations of British colonialism using the techniques of modern European cartography to examine the practices of spatial production in Hong Kong's capital city, Victoria. This examination demonstrates how notions of British cultural identity and self-representation were inscribed throughout the colonial urban environment by considering the ways in which the British colonial authorities sought to condition, control, and maintain the organisation of space
Notes Submitted to the School of Architecture and Building of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University
Thesis (M.Architecture)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2000
Bibliography Bibliography: leaves 128-147
Subject City planning -- China -- Hong Kong -- 19th century.
SUBJECT United Kingdom -- Colonies -- Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007183 -- Administration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007910
Hong Kong (China) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002051
Genre/Form Academic theses.
Author Deakin University. Faculty of Science and Technology.
Deakin University. School of Architecture and Building