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  • A Modern History of Hong Kong

    1841-1997

    par Dr Steve Tsang ...
    This major history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original 'Opium War'. As premier power in Europe and an expansionist empire, Britain first created in Hong Kong a major naval station and the principal base to ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

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  • The Penguin History of Modern China

    The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 - 2009

    par Jonathan Fenby ...
    'China's reemergence as a global economic powerhouse has compressed into a single generation an industrial and urban revolution on a scale the world has never seen. Its transformation looks to many foreigners, and to millions of newly prosperous Chinese, like a near-miraculous escape from the agonies of its recent history - late imperial, warlord-republican and Maoist. The great merit of Jonathan ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • A Concise History of Hong Kong

    par John M. Carroll ...
    When the British occupied the tiny island of Hong Kong during the First Opium War, the Chinese empire was well into its decline, while Great Britain was already in the second decade of its legendary "Imperial Century." From this collision of empires arose a city that continues to intrigue observers. Melding Chinese and Western influences, Hong Kong has long defied easy categorization. John M. ... En savoir plus

    $54.99 CAD

  • The Last Governor

    Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong

    par Jonathan Dimbleby ...
    "Interesting conclusions about the conduct of British foreign policy on Hong Kong . . . an extraordinary diplomatic, political and personal drama."—Julian Stockwin, author of To the Eastern Seas1 July 1997 marked the end of British rule of Hong Kong, whereby this territory was passed into the hands of the People's Republic of China.In 1992, Chris Patten, former chairman of the Conservative Party, ... En savoir plus

    $23.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • China Renaissance, The: The Rise Of Xi Jinping And The 18th Communist Party Congress

    par Writers, Artists And Editors Of The South China Morning Post, Jonathan Sharp ...
    Rising superpower China duly anointed a new generation of leaders led by Xi Jinping at the Communist Party's 18th National Congress held in November 2012. While the conclave itself passed off with smoothly choreographed efficiency, the months leading up to this once-a-decade transition were anything but orderly. Intense factional wrangling behind the scenes was accompanied by scandals very much in ... En savoir plus

    $25.99 CAD

  • Hong Kong's Watershed

    par Hong Kong University Press ...
    Hong Kong’s Watershed: The 1967 Riots is the first English book that provides an account and critical analysis of the disturbances based on declassified files from the British government and recollection by key players during the events. The interviews with the participants, including Jack Cater, Liang Shangyuan, George Walden, Tsang Tak-sing, Tsang Yok-sing, and Hong Kong government officials, ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • Hong Kong in Revolt

    The Protest Movement and the Future of China

    par Au Loong-Yu ...
    Hong Kong is in turmoil, with a new generation of young and politically active citizens shaking the regime. From the Umbrella Movement in 2014 to the defeat of the Extradition Bill and beyond, the protestors' demands have become more radical, and their actions more drastic. Their bravery emboldened the labor movement and launched the first successful political strike in half a century, followed by ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Kosovo: the Politics of Delusion

    Modifié par Kyril Drezov, Bulent Gokay, Michael Waller ...
    This collection examines the escalation of the Kosovo conflict to a full-scale war. It looks at its origins, background and the implications of the conflict: the myths, history and perceptions of the post-1989 crisis and the situation after the start of NATOs 1999 bombing campaign. ... En savoir plus

    $94.81 CAD

  • The Question of Sovereignty: A Study of Chinese and British Negotiating Positions with Regard to the Colonisation and Decolonisation of Hong Kong

    par Justin Cahill ...
    This is a study of the collision of Britain's 'imperialism of free trade' with China's sovereignty over Hong Kong from the time of the Colony's occupation in 1842 to the signing of the Joint Declaration in 1984. It examines the influences at work on successive British governments in seeking, expanding and, ultimately, returning the Colony to China. It also examines the influence of the Chinese ... En savoir plus

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  • Burma's Economy in the Twentieth Century

    par Ian Brown ...
    At the beginning of the twentieth century, Burma was among the most prosperous territories in the East. Yet since gaining independence in 1948, its economy has struggled. Burma's developmental failure has often been attributed to gross mismanagement of the economy by the military who took power in 1962 but in this illuminating book, Ian Brown, one of the leading economic historians of Southeast ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

  • Hong Kong's History

    State and Society Under Colonial Rule

    Modifié par Tak-Wing Ngo ...
    Collections series Asia's Transformations
    Rewriting Hong Kong's history from the bottom up, the chapters investigate vital, but hitherto obscured, aspects of the colony's rise. They cover the Chinese collaboration with the colonial regime, legal discrimination and intimidation, rural politics, social movements, government-business relations, industrial policy, flexible manufacturing and colonial historiography. Drawing together ... En savoir plus

    $105.80 CAD

  • Uneasy Partners

    par Hong Kong University Press ...
    In Uneasy Partners, Leo Goodstadt draws on his vast experience of government and business in Hong Kong to put forward a provocative and challenging account, part praise, part indictment, of how government and business in Hong Kong transformed a poor refugee community into one of the world's great cities and created a hugely successful economy. The core of the book is a penetrating appraisal of the ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD