Cecilia L Chu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3063388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cecilia L Chu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cecilia L |
| FAMILY NAME | Chu |
| SIGNATURE | CHU C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1106-4929 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Between Typologies and Representation: The Tong Lau and the Discourse of the “Chinese House” in Colonial Hong Kong
Since its return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 Hong Kong has seen a surge of popular interest in its built heritage. And in contrast to the focus in official preservation practice on buildings with exceptional architectural merit, growing attention has been drawn to the mundane, everyday built forms that once proliferated in the city’s working-class districts. 1 Among these is the tong lau [if 1#], or “Chinese building”—a common mixed-used housi…
Building Colonial Hong Kong: Speculative Development and Segregation in the City
In the 1880s, Hong Kong was a booming colonial entrepôt, with many European, especially British, residents living in palatial mansions in the Mid-Levels and at the Peak. But it was also a ruthless migrant city where Chinese workers shared bedspaces in the crowded tenements of Taipingshan. Despite persistent inequality, Hong Kong never ceased to attract different classes of sojourners and immigrants, who strived to advance their social standing by…
Making Hong Kong: A history of its urban development. Pui-yinHoEdward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, 2018
Spectacular Macau: Visioning futures for a World Heritage City
Spectacular cities of our time
Shanzheng (善政) and gongde (公德): Moral regulation and narratives of ‘good government’ in colonial Hong Kong
People Power as Exception: Three Controversies of Privatisation in Post-handover Hong Kong
This paper examines three controversies that revolve around the Hong Kong government’s efforts to privatise components of its property assets in the years following the Asian financial crisis in 1997. While the rolling back of welfare and privatisation of public goods are typical features of the ‘neo-liberal turn’, the consequences of and responses to these processes are highly contingent upon specific historical experience and social practices. …
The myths and politics of housing in Hong Kong: The controversy over the demolition of the Hunghom Estate
Spectacular Macau: Visioning futures for a World Heritage City
People Power as Exception: Three Controversies of Privatisation in Post-handover Hong Kong
This paper examines three controversies that revolve around the Hong Kong government’s efforts to privatise components of its property assets in the years following the Asian financial crisis in 1997. While the rolling back of welfare and privatisation of public goods are typical features of the ‘neo-liberal turn’, the consequences of and responses to these processes are highly contingent upon specific historical experience and social practices. …
Spectacular cities of our time
Shanzheng (善政) and gongde (公德): Moral regulation and narratives of ‘good government’ in colonial Hong Kong
The myths and politics of housing in Hong Kong: The controversy over the demolition of the Hunghom Estate
The myths and politics of housing in Hong Kong: The controversy over the demolition of the Hunghom Estate
People Power as Exception: Three Controversies of Privatisation in Post-handover Hong Kong
This paper examines three controversies that revolve around the Hong Kong government’s efforts to privatise components of its property assets in the years following the Asian financial crisis in 1997. While the rolling back of welfare and privatisation of public goods are typical features of the ‘neo-liberal turn’, the consequences of and responses to these processes are highly contingent upon specific historical experience and social practices. …
Shanzheng (善政) and gongde (公德): Moral regulation and narratives of ‘good government’ in colonial Hong Kong
Spectacular Macau: Visioning futures for a World Heritage City
Spectacular cities of our time
Making Hong Kong: A history of its urban development. Pui-yinHoEdward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, 2018
Building Colonial Hong Kong: Speculative Development and Segregation in the City
In the 1880s, Hong Kong was a booming colonial entrepôt, with many European, especially British, residents living in palatial mansions in the Mid-Levels and at the Peak. But it was also a ruthless migrant city where Chinese workers shared bedspaces in the crowded tenements of Taipingshan. Despite persistent inequality, Hong Kong never ceased to attract different classes of sojourners and immigrants, who strived to advance their social standing by…
Between Typologies and Representation: The Tong Lau and the Discourse of the “Chinese House” in Colonial Hong Kong
Since its return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 Hong Kong has seen a surge of popular interest in its built heritage. And in contrast to the focus in official preservation practice on buildings with exceptional architectural merit, growing attention has been drawn to the mundane, everyday built forms that once proliferated in the city’s working-class districts. 1 Among these is the tong lau [if 1#], or “Chinese building”—a common mixed-used housi…
Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · History (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works)