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The dragon and the crown : Hong Kong memoirs / Stanley S.K. Kwan with Nicole Kwan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kwan, Stanley S. K. (Stanley Sze Kwong), 1925-2011.
- Series:
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Businessmen--China--Hong Kong--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Hong Kong (China)--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Hong Kong (China).
- Kwan, Stanley S. K. (Stanley Sze Kwong), 1925-2011.
- Kwan, Stanley S. K.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book contributes to the ongoing search for Hong Kong identity in the Special Administrative Region and will resonate among people in Hong Kong as well as those interested in the fate of the former colony.
- Contents:
- Cover; The Dragon and the Crown - Hong Kong Memoirs; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Robert Nield; Foreword by Diana Lary and Bernard Luk; Preface; Acknowledgements; Editorial Conventions; Genealogical Tables; 1. Roots; 2. Baptism by Fire; 3. Hong Kong after the War; 4. Hang Seng Bank; 5. New China; 6. Home and Country; Appendix I: The Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society; Appendix II: The Hang Seng Index; Appendix III: The Teachings of Chairman Ho; Appendix IV: Quotations, Sayings and Slogans in Chinese; Glossary; Sources; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 988-220-753-7
- 1-282-70946-1
- 9786612709463
- 988-8052-87-X
- OCLC:
- 650859792
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