Hong Kong: The Road to 1997 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hong Kong: The Road to 1997 write by Roger Buckley. This book was released on 1997-06-12. Hong Kong: The Road to 1997 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Essential reading for all those interested in the remarkable history of Hong Kong since 1945 and in its unpredictable future after 1997.
The Cinema of Hong Kong
The Cinema of Hong Kong - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cinema of Hong Kong write by Poshek Fu. This book was released on 2002-03-25. The Cinema of Hong Kong available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume examines Hong Kong cinema in transnational, historical, and artistic contexts.
Legislative Interlude
Legislative Interlude - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Legislative Interlude write by Helmut Sohmen. This book was released on 1991. Legislative Interlude available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Modern History of Hong Kong
A Modern History of Hong Kong - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Modern History of Hong Kong write by Steve Tsang. This book was released on 2003-12-31. A Modern History of Hong Kong available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This major history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original 'Opium War'. As premier power in Europe and an expansionist empire, Britain first created in Hong Kong a major naval station and the principal base to open the Celestial Chinese Empire to trade. Working in parallel with the locals, the British built it up to become a focus for investment in the region and an international centre with global shipping, banking and financial interests. Yet by far the most momentous change in the history of this prosperous, capitalist colony was its return in 1997 to 'Mother China', the most powerful Communist state in the world.
Hong Kong and British culture, 1945–97
Hong Kong and British culture, 1945–97 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hong Kong and British culture, 1945–97 write by Mark Hampton. This book was released on 2015-11-01. Hong Kong and British culture, 1945–97 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the British cultural engagement with Hong Kong in the second half of the twentieth century. It shows how the territory fit unusually within Britain’s decolonisation narratives and served as an occasional foil for examining Britain’s own culture during a period of perceived stagnation and decline. Drawing on a wide range of archival and published primary sources, Hong Kong and British culture, 1945–97 investigates such themes as Hong Kong as a site of unrestrained capitalism, modernisation, and good government, as well as an arena of male social and sexual opportunity. It also examines the ways in which Hong Kong Chinese embraced British culture, and the competing predictions that British observers made concerning the colony’s return to Chinese sovereignty. An epilogue considers the enduring legacy of British colonialism. This book will be essential reading for historians of Hong Kong, British decolonisation, and Britain’s culture of declinism.
