| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 185 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Hong Kong and the rise of capitalism in Asia / Gary G. Hamilton -- Localism and the organization of overseas migration in the nineteenth century / Edgar Wickberg -- Chinese cities: the difference a century makes / G. William Skinner -- Between China and the world: Hong Kong's economy before and after 1997 / Barry Naughton -- Hong Kong: cultural kaleidoscope on a world landscape / Helen F. Siu -- Chineseness: the dilemmas of place and practice / Wang Gungwu -- Deciding to stay, deciding to move, deciding not to decide / Wong Siu-Lun -- Hong Kong immigration and the question of democracy: contemporary struggles over urban politics in Vancouver, B.C. / Katharyne Mitchell -- From colonial rule to one country, two systems / Rosanna Yick-Ming Wong |
| Summary |
"At midnight on June 30, 1997, Hong Kong became part of the People's Republic of China. The transfer of Hong Kong sovereignty from Great Britain to China was an extraordinary historical event, signifying the end of the West's colonial presence in Asia and the rise of China's hegemony."--Jacket |
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"In the past 150 years as a British colony, Hong Kong had changed from a barely inhabitable colonial entrepot to one of the world's leading financial and industrial centers. Cut off from China for nearly 40 years following World War II and now faced with the dilemma of a new social and economic order under Chinese law, many Hong Kongers uprooted themselves and moved to a new country; others decided to stay; but a great many chose to maintain their lives and livelihoods in Hong Kong, while spreading their assets and their family members around the world."--Jacket |
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"Cosmopolitan Capitalists focuses on the people of Hong Kong and how they are defining themselves under altered circumstances. It is a broad multidisciplinary view of Hong Kong's transformation, written for a general audience by some of the world's foremost scholars on the region."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Capitalism -- China -- Hong Kong
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Chinese -- Foreign countries.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Capitalism
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Chinese -- Foreign countries
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Economic history
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Emigration and immigration
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Chinezen.
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Diaspora.
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Migratie (demografie)
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Capitalisme -- Chine -- Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong (China) -- Economic conditions
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Hong Kong (China) -- Emigration and immigration
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| Subject |
China -- Hong Kong
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Hongkong.
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Hong Kong (Chine) -- Conditions économiques.
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Hong Kong (Chine) -- Émigration et immigration.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hamilton, Gary G
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| ISBN |
0295741031 |
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9780295741031 |
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