Colonialism and the Hong Kong Mentality
Author | : David Faure |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Colonial administrators |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David Faure |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Colonial administrators |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Faure |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Colonial administrators |
ISBN | : 9789628269402 |
Author | : Tak-Wing Ngo |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2002-09-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134630956 |
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.
Author | : Simon Shen |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2016-07-21 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1783269391 |
Hong Kong in the World provides innovative insight into the role of Hong Kong — as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since 1997 — in the global context. This book looks into the institutional settings of Hong Kong in exercising its external relations policies, and specific bilateral relations with different political entities. Written as an introductory text, it is specially designed for undergraduate students interested in Chinese foreign policy, Hong Kong's external relations, and the para-diplomacy of sub-national units.
Author | : John M. Carroll |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2007-06-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0742574695 |
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.
Author | : Wing Sang Law |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2009-07-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9622099300 |
Law Wing Sang provides an alternative lens for looking into Hong Kong's history by breaking away for the usual colonial and nationalist interpretations. Drawing on both English and Chinese sources, he argues that, from the early colonial era, colonial power has been extensively shared between colonizers and the Chinese who chose to work with them. This exploration of the form of colonial power includes critical discussions of various cultural and institutional aspects, looking into such issues as education, language use, political ideologies and other cultural and political concerns. These considerations permit the author to shed new light from a historical perspective on the complex and hotly debated question of Hong Kong identity. But it is not written just out of an interest in things of the past. Rather, the arguments of this book shed new light on some current issues of major relevance to post-colonial Hong Kong. In making critical use of post-colonial approaches, this book not only makes an original and important contribution to Hong Kong studies, but also makes evident that Hong Kong is an important case for all interested in examining the colonial experience in East Asia. This book is of interest to all with an interest in Hong Kong's history and current issues, but also more widely to those who study the phenomenon of colonialism in the Asian region.
Author | : Robert Edward Mitchell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Pui-tak Lee |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2005-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789622097209 |
Essays examine the relationship between Hong Kong and China.
Author | : Leo F. Goodstadt |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9789622097339 |
Challenging the wisdom about the way capitalism and colonialism joined forces to transform Hong Kong into one of the world's great cities, this book deploys case studies of the clash of interests between alien colonials and their Chinese constituents and the conflict between a pro-business government and its political and social responsibilities.
Author | : Leo Ou-fan Lee |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2010-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674046897 |
Hong Kong is perched on the fault line between China and the West, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. Leo Ou-fan Lee offers an insiderÕs view of Hong Kong, capturing the history and culture that make his densely packed home city so different from its generic neighbors. The search for an indigenous Hong Kong takes Lee to the wet markets and corner bookshops of congested Mong Kok, remote fishing villages and mountainside temples, teahouses and noodle stalls, Cantonese opera and Cantopop. But he also finds the ÒrealÓ Hong Kong in a maze of interconnected shopping malls, a jungle of high-rise residential towers, and the neon glow of Chinese-owned skyscrapers in the Central Business District, where land development, global trade, capital accumulation, consumerism, and free-market competition trump every valueÑexcept family. Lee illuminates the relationship between Hong KongÕs geography and its colonial experience, revisiting colonial life on the secluded Peak, in the opium-filled godowns along the harborfront, and in crowded, plague-infested tenements. He examines, with a criticÕs eye, the ÒHong Kong storyÓ in film and fiction: romance in the bars and brothels of Wan Chai, crime in the walled city of Kowloon, ennui on the eve of the 1997 handover. Whether viewed from Tsing Yi Bridge or the deck of the Star Ferry, from Victoria Peak or Lion Rock, Hong Kong sparkles here in all its multifaceted complexity, a city forever between worlds.