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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 | : Wai Kwan Chan |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
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Making generous use of rarely studied historical archives, Chan studies the formation into classes of the British merchants, the Chinese merchants, and the Chinese laborers of Hong Kong between 1841 and 1922. During this period, Hong Kong developed from a "barren rock" into a complex society. While recognizing the influence of China and Britain on events in Hong Kong, Chan emphasizes the importance of treating Hong Kong as a society with its own integrity. By intermeshing historical and sociological analysis he seeks not only to describe what happened but to analyze the social and economic relationships of the various historical actors involved in a vital episode of Hong Kong's economic history.
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 | : David Faure |
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Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 1997 |
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Author | : Michael Davis |
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Release | : 2020-10 |
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ISBN | : 9781952636134 |
How can one of the world's most free-wheeling cities transition from a vibrant global center of culture and finance into a subject of authoritarian control?As Beijing's anxious interference has grown, the "one country, two systems" model China promised Hong Kong has slowly drained away in the yearssince the 1997 handover. As "one country" seemed set to gobble up "two systems," the people of Hong Kong riveted the world's attention in 2019 by defiantly demanding the autonomy, rule of law and basic freedoms they were promised. In 2020, the new National Security Law imposed by Beijing aimed to snuff out such resistance. Will the Hong Kong so deeply held in the people's identity and the world's imagination be lost? Professor Michael Davis, who has taught human rights and constitutional law in this city for over three decades, and has been one of its closest observers, takes us on this constitutional journey.
Author | : Zhidong Hao |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2011-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9888028545 |
Macau History and Society illuminates the early Portuguese maritime exploration along China's south coast, political and economic development in Macau, and current social problems. The book makes significant contributions to a political sociology of Macau, emphasizing how different civilizations and cultures interacted with one another, and explores how a new Macau identity can be constructed. Democratization has been a never-ending process in Macau since the 1500's. Macau's experience indicates that sovereignty has been shared rather than exclusive. Although civilizations and cultures do clash, they also cooperate. But the Macau model is deeply flawed - Hao contends that Macau needs to build a new multicultural identity, and a cosmopolitan political and economic identity.
Author | : Fanny M. Cheung |
Publisher | : Chinese University Press |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789629963583 |
This volume demonstrates the importance of gender mainstreaming in examining social issues and making decisions that affect women and men. In so doing, the essays of the book enrich our understanding of the social structures and trends within contemporary Hong Kong society and at the same time restate the need for gender-sensitive perspectives in policy-making.
Author | : Chan Wai Kwan |
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Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 1989 |
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Author | : I.C. Jarvie |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2013-07-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1136234268 |
This is Volume IV in a series of six on the Sociology of East Asia. Originally published in 1969, the aim was to fill the lack of sociological studies of Hong Kong at the time.
Author | : Frank Joseph Shulman |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 878 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789622093973 |
A descriptively annotated, multidisciplinary, cross-referenced and extensively indexed guide to 2,395 dissertations that are concerned either in whole or in part with Hong Kong and with Hong Kong Chinese students and emigres throughout the world.