Toilet as Business for the Hygiene of the Chinese Community in Colonial Hong Kong (1st ed. 2022)

This book analyses how public toilets were provided by the government and local business in Hong Kong between the 1860s and 1930s through a process that was embedded in class and racial politics. Addressing public toilet provision from a political economy perspective, it focuses on the interplay of the cross-border night soil business between Hong Kong and China’s silk producing area; the silk market between China and Colonial powers; the Hong Kong land market between the colonial government and Chinese business; and how these factors jointly produced a network of toilets in the colony. As the book shows, the commercial viability of toilets created multiple logics and a new moral geography; further, exploring the topic can help us gain a better understanding of how urban governance functioned in colonies and how it intertwined with economic contingencies within a global economic system. The intended readership includes academics and members of the general public with an interest in colonialism, public infrastructures, public health, government–business relations, and urban governance.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	April 2023
First published:	2022
Authors:	Yuk-sik Chong
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Pages:	175
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-981-19-1398-3
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	981-19-1398-6
Barcode:	9789811913983

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