20 “Plan of the City of Victoria,” 1889

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface: An Archaeology for the Future xi
4. Introduction xvii
5. Part One: Theory
6. 1 Counterplace 3
7. 2 Commonplace 5
8. 3. Misplace 7
9. 4 Displace 9
10. 5 Antiplace 11
11. 6 Nonplace 14
12. 7Extraterritoriality 16
13. 8 Boundary 19
14. 9 Utopia 22
15. 10 Supertopia 26
16. 11 Subtopia 29
17. 12 Transtopia 31
18. 12 Transtopia 34
19. 14 Unitopia 36
20. 15 Omnitopia 39
21. Part Two: The City
22. 16 Mirage: City in the Sea 45
23. 17 Mirage: Towers in the Air 48
24. 18 Pottinger’s inverted vision 50
25. 19 Gordon’s Jail 53
26. 20 “Plan of the City of Victoria,” 1889 55
27. 21 The Four Wan and Nine Yeuk 57
28. 22 The Centaur of the East 60
29. 23 Scandal Point and the Military Cantonment 62
30. 24 Mr. Smith’s One-Day Trip 64
31. 25 The View from Government House 67
32. 26 The Toad of Belcher’s Dream 70
33. 27 The Return of Kwan Tai Loo 73
34. 28 The Curse of Tai Ping Shan 76
35. 29 War Game 79
36. Part Three: Streets
37. 30 Spring Garden Lane 85
38. 31 Ice House Street 88
39. 32 Sugar Street 91
40. 33 Tsat Tsz Mui Road 94
41. 34 Canal Road East and Canal Road West 97
42. 35 Aldrich Street 100
43. 36 Possession Street 103
44. 37 Sycamore Street 106
45. 38 Tung Choi Street and Sai Yeung Choi Street 109
46. 39 Sai Yee Street 112
47. 40 Public Square Street 115
48. 41 Cedar Street 118
49. Part Four: Signs
50. 42 The Decline of the Legend 123
51. 43 The Eye of the Typhoon 126
52. 44 Chek Lap Kok Airport 129
53. 45 The Metonymic Spectrum 132
54. 46 The Elevation of Imagination 135
55. 47 Geological Discrimination 138
56. 48 North-Oriented Declination 141
57. 49 The Travel of Numbers 145
58. 50 The Tomb of Signs 148
59. 51 The Orbit of Time 151
60. Acknowledgments 155
61. Author & Translators 157