A Borrowed Place - 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 Borrowed Place write by Frank Welsh. This book was released on 1993. A Borrowed Place available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. About the history of Hong Kong from ancient times until 1993.
Hong Kong's History
Hong Kong's History - 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's History write by Tak-Wing Ngo. This book was released on 2002-09-11. Hong Kong's History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rewriting Hong Kong's history from the bottom up, the chapters investigate vital, but hitherto obscured, aspects of the colony's rise. They cover the Chinese collaboration with the colonial regime, legal discrimination and intimidation, rural politics, social movements, government-business relations, industrial policy, flexible manufacturing and colonial historiography. Drawing together contributions from historians, sociologists and political scientists, the book highlights the role played by a variety of social actors in Hong Kong's history and differs both from recent celebrations of British colonialism and anti-colonial Chinese nationalism.
A Concise History of Hong Kong
A Concise 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 Concise History of Hong Kong write by John M. Carroll. This book was released on 2007-06-07. A Concise History of Hong Kong available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When the British occupied the tiny island of Hong Kong during the First Opium War, the Chinese empire was well into its decline, while Great Britain was already in the second decade of its legendary "Imperial Century." From this collision of empires arose a city that continues to intrigue observers. Melding Chinese and Western influences, Hong Kong has long defied easy categorization. John M. Carroll's engrossing and accessible narrative explores the remarkable history of Hong Kong from the early 1800s through the post-1997 handover, when this former colony became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The book explores Hong Kong as a place with a unique identity, yet also a crossroads where Chinese history, British colonial history, and world history intersect. Carroll concludes by exploring the legacies of colonial rule, the consequences of Hong Kong's reintegration with China, and significant developments and challenges since 1997.
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.
A Medical History of Hong Kong
A Medical 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 Medical History of Hong Kong write by Moira M W Chan-Yeung. This book was released on 2018-11-30. A Medical History of Hong Kong available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book tells the fascinating story of the development of medical and sanitation services in Hong Kong during the first century of British rule and how changing political values and directions of the colonial administration and the socio-economic status of the Hong Kong affected the policies of development in these areas. It also recounts how the bubonic plague of 1894 changed the government's laissez-faire attitude towards sanitation and public health and began sanitary reforms and developed public health infrastructure.
