| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations. |
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Shona language |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in imperialism
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Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Britishness, empire, and Hong Kong -- Hong Kong and British culture: postwar contexts -- The discourse of unbridled capitalism in postwar Hong Kong -- A man's playground -- The discourses of order and modernism -- Good governance and Chinese British -- Narratives of 1997 -- Epilogue: postcolonial hangovers. |
| Summary |
A major contribution to the scholarship on British decolonisation, the cultural history of imperialism and Britain's engagement with China, this highly original study places the emergence of contemporary Hong Kong in a wider post-imperial setting. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Relations -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Great Britain. |
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Relations. |
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China -- Hong Kong. |
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Hong Kong (China) -- Relations -- Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hampton, Mark, 1970- Hong Kong and British culture, 1945-97. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016 9780719099236 (DLC) 2016303210 (OCoLC)910859667 |
| ISBN |
9781784996925 (electronic book) |
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1784996920 (electronic book) |
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9780719099236 |
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0719099234 |
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