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Hong Kong's history : state and society under colonial rule / edited by Tak-Wing Ngo.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in Asia's transformations.
- Routledge studies in Asia's transformations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hong Kong (China)--History.
- Hong Kong (China).
- Hong Kong (China)--Social conditions.
- Hong Kong (China)--Politics and government.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Administration.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (218 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing together contributions from historians, sociologists and political scientists the book highlights the role played by a variety of social actors in Hong Kongs history.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; Colonialism in Hong Kong revisited; Chinese collaboration in the making of British Hong Kong; Comprador politics and middleman capitalism; The criminal trial under early colonial rule; State building and rural stability; Social movements and public discourse on politics; Industrial history and the artifice of laissez-faire colonialism; State-business relations and industrial restructuring; Flexible manufacturing in a colonial economy; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-197) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-63094-8
- 1-280-33670-6
- 1-134-63095-6
- 0-203-01202-X
- 9780203012024
- OCLC:
- 51389631
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