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Author: John Mark Carroll Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 9780742534223 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
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: John Mark Carroll Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 9780742534223 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
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: Steve Tsang Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 0857730835 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 352
Book Description
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.
Author: John M. Carroll Publisher: ISBN: 9789622098787 Category : Hong Kong (China) Languages : en Pages : 270
Book Description
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
Author: Charles Patrick Fitzgerald Publisher: Melbourne Heinemann 1966. ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 344
Book Description
Study of historical sociological aspects of countries of the East Asia (incl. South East Asia) - refers to civilisations from as early as 1700 b.c., linked in some cases with the present-day situation, includes China, Japan, Korea, hong kong, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc., and covers political aspects, political problems, political leadership, government structures, wars, foreign policy, etc. Maps and bibliography.
Author: Alejandro Portes Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 0231555873 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 292
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Certain cities—most famously New York, London, and Tokyo—have been identified as “global cities,” whose function in the world economy transcends national borders. Without the same fanfare, formerly peripheral and secondary cities have been growing in importance, emerging as global cities in their own right. The striking similarity of the skylines of Dubai, Miami, and Singapore is no coincidence: despite following different historical paths, all three have achieved newfound prominence through parallel trends. In this groundbreaking book, Alejandro Portes and Ariel C. Armony demonstrate how the rapid and unexpected rise of these three cities recasts global urban studies. They identify the constellation of factors that allow certain urban places to become “emerging global cities”—centers of commerce, finance, art, and culture for entire regions. The book traces the transformations of Dubai, Miami, and Singapore, identifying key features common to these emerging global cities. It contrasts them with “global hopefuls,” cities that, at one point or another, aspired to become global, and analyzes how Hong Kong is threatened with the loss of this status. Portes and Armony highlight the importance of climate change to the prospects of emerging global cities, showing how the same economic system that propelled their rise now imperils their future. Emerging Global Cities provides a powerful new framework for understanding the role of peripheral cities in the world economy and how they compete for and sometimes achieve global standing.
Author: John M. Carroll Publisher: Brill ISBN: 9789004271395 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 1674
Book Description
Critical Readings on the Modern History of Hong Kong introduces some of the most important English-language readings on the history of Hong Kong since the early 1840s, until 1997, and through the fifteen years since then.
Author: Tak-Wing Ngo Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134630956 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 218
Book Description
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: John Mark Carroll
Author: John Mark Carroll
Author: Steve Tsang
Author: John M. Carroll
Author: Charles Patrick Fitzgerald
Author: Alejandro Portes
Author: John M. Carroll
Author: G. B. Endacott
Author: Steve Yui-Sang Tsang
Author: Tak-Wing Ngo
Author: G. B. Endacott