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020			_a9789971697952
020			_z9789971696450
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050		4	_aDS610.9.B84 _bL64 2013b
082	0	4	_a959.57/04 _223
100	1		_aLoh, Kah Seng, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSquatters into citizens _h[electronic resource] : _bthe 1961 Bukit Ho Swee fire and the making of modern Singapore / _cLoh Kah Seng.
260			_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bProject Muse, _c2013 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
260			_aCopenhagen, Denmark : _bPublished in Europe by NIAS Press, _c[2013] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 PDF (xxvii, 315 pages) :) _billustrations, maps.
490	1		_aSoutheast Asia publications series
500			_a"Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with NUS Press and NIAS Press."
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 281-302) and index.
505	0		_a
520			_aThe crowded, bustling, 'squatter' kampongs so familiar across Southeast Asia have long since disappeared from Singapore, leaving no visible trace of their historical influence on the social life in the city-state. Fifty years have passed since the great fire at Bukit Ho Swee destroyed the kampong, left 16,000 people homeless, gave rise to a national emergency and led to the first big public housing project, a seminal event in the making of modern Singapore. Loh Kah Seng grew up in one-room rental flats in the HDB estate built after the fire. Drawing on oral history interviews, official records and media reports, he describes daily life in squatter communities and how people coped with the hazard posed by fires. His examination of the catastrophic events of 25 May 1961 and the steps taken by the new government of the People's Action Party in response to the disaster show the immediate consequences of the fire and how relocation to public housing changed people's lives. Through a narrative that is both vivid and subtle, the book explores the nature of memory and probes beneath the hard surfaces of modern Singapore to understand the everyday life of the people who live in the city.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aHousing policy _zSingapore.
650		0	_aPublic housing _zSingapore.
650		0	_aBukit Ho Swee Fire, Singapore, 1961.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
710	2		_aAsian Studies Association of Australia, _eissuing body.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z8776941221 _z9788776941222 _z9971696452 _z9789971696450
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789971697952/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c34566 _d34566