Let there be light : how electricity made modern Hong Kong / Mark L. Clifford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clifford, Mark L., 1957- author.

Series:

Center on Global Energy Policy Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--China--Hong Kong--History--20th century.

Economic development.

Electrification--China--Hong Kong--History--20th century.

Electrification.

Electricity--Economic aspects--China--Hong Kong--20th century.

Electricity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Let There Be Light is a groundbreaking history of electrification in Hong Kong. Mark L. Clifford traces how a power company and its visionary founder jumpstarted the British colony's postwar economic rise and set in motion far-reaching political and social change.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

1. Private Light and Colonial Power

2. In the Beginning: China Light &amp

Power, 1900-1940

3. War, Occupation, and New Possibilities, 1941-1946

4. "The Problem of People," 1947-1958

Illustrations

5. Electricity as a Political Project, 1959-1964

6. "Die-Hard Reactionary" in the Expanding Colonial State, 1964-1973

7. "Intelligent Anticipation" for "1997 and All That," 1974-1982

8. Sing the City Electric

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Clifford, Mark Let There Be Light

ISBN:

9780231554213

0231554214

OCLC:

1381095894