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Language: en
Pages: 668
Pages: 668
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: Kodansha
About the history of Hong Kong from ancient times until 1993.
Language: en
Pages: 283
Pages: 283
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-06-07 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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
Language: en
Pages: 218
Pages: 218
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-09-11 - Publisher: Routledge
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 co
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-12-31 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
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
Language: en
Pages: 404
Pages: 404
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: Columbia University Press
This historical study traces unrest and social transformation in Hong Kong and explores how merchants, the intelligentsia and labourers played important roles i