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Forever Hong Kong : a global city's decolonization struggle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Ching Kwan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hong Kong Protests, Hong Kong, China, 2019-.
- Decolonization--China--Hong Kong--History.
- Decolonization.
- Protest movements--China--Hong Kong--History--21st century.
- Protest movements.
- Hong Kong (China)--Politics and government--1997-.
- Hong Kong (China).
- Hong Kong (China)--Colonial influence--History.
- Hong Kong (China)--History--20th century.
- Hong Kong (China)--History--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- How did Hong Kong, long an affluent and depoliticized hub of global capitalism, become the center of popular anticolonial protest? Ching Kwan Lee provides a reflective history and vivid ethnography of an improbable decolonization movement, exploring what drives Hong Kongers' pursuit of a future built on democracy, justice, and self-determination.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Colonial Mythologies
- Chapter 2. Practicing Postcoloniality
- Chapter 3. "Hong Kongers": (Re)born in Action
- Chapter 4. Bending the Arc of Violence
- Chapter 5. "Be Water" Goes Global
- Chapter 6. To Be Continued.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-30072-6
- 0-674-30071-8
- OCLC:
- 1526860433
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