{"product_id":"9789811913983","title":"Toilet as Business for the Hygiene of the Chinese Community in Colonial Hong Kong","description":"\u003ch1\u003eToilet as Business for the Hygiene of the Chinese Community in Colonial Hong Kong\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eChong, Yuk-sik\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2023-04-11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789811913983\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-981-19-1396-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 175\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47716750327948,"sku":"9789811913983","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789811913983.jpg?v=1776866083","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789811913983","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}