A Modern History of Hong Kong: 1841-1997 Tsang 2007
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Publication Name
I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
ISBN
9781845114190
Book Title
Modern History of Hong Kong
Item Length
9.2in.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
Publication Year
2007
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1in.
Author
Steve Tsang
Genre
History
Topic
Asia / China
Item Width
6in.
Item Weight
16.7 Oz
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Synopsis:
From a little-known fishing community at the periphery of China, Hong Kong developed into one of the world's most spectacular and cosmopolitan metropoles after a century and a half of British imperial rule. This history of Hong Kong -- from its occupation by the British in 1841 to its return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 -- includes the foundation of modern Hong Kong; its developments as an imperial outpost, its transformation into the "pearl" of the British Empire and of the Orient and the events leading to the end of British rule. Based on extensive research in British and Chinese sources, both official and private, the book addresses the changing relations between the local Chinese and the expatriate communities in 156 years of British rule, and the emergence of a local identity. It ends with a critical but dispassionate examination of Hong Kong's transition from a British Crown Colony to a Chinese Special Administrative Region.