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Hong Kong = [Hsiang-kang] = Xianggang : epilogue to an empire / Jan Morris.
Van Pelt Library DS796.H757 M67 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, Jan, 1926-2020.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hong Kong (China)--History.
- Hong Kong (China).
- Hong Kong (China)--Description and travel.
- Morris, Jan, 1926-2020--Travel--China--Hong Kong.
- Morris, Jan.
- Morris, Jan, 1926-2020.
- Travel.
- China--Hong Kong.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : maps ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Vintage Departures edition.
- Other Title:
- Hsiang-kang
- Xianggang
- Hong Kong : epilogue to an empire
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Departures, 1997.
- Summary:
- Combining firsthand reportage with exemplary research, Morris takes readers from Hong Kong's clamorous back alleys to the luxurious Happy Valley racecourse, where taipans place their bets between sips of champagne and bird's nest soup. Morris chronicles the exploits of traders, pirates, colonists, financiers, and shows how their descendants view the prospect of reunification with the Chinese mainland. What emerges is an epic tableau, vastly informed and pungently evocative.
- Notes:
- Parallel title in Chinese characters.
- "Revised and updated"--Cover.
- "East Asian studies/travel"--Cover p. 4.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [304]-306) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0679776486
- OCLC:
- 37806312
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