| Description |
1 online resource (173 pages) : color illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; 24 x 365 x HONG KONG; copyright page; AFTERWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. |
| Summary |
"After History with a capital 'H', which visited Hong Kong for the 1997 handover, had moved its spotlight somewhere else (to economically burgeoning mainland China, perhaps), and before fully democratic elections, Hong Kong was left becalmed, with a sense that things were not really moving forward. This in-between phase, without major dramas, where history was only with small 'h', is the subject of this locally oriented micro-historical analysis of one of the world's great cities - which had so lost self-confidence in this period that it started promoting itself as 'Asia's World City', but which might yet prove to be a city that changes China (and therefore the world). Specifying this time, through a collection of colour photographs taken during a randomly chosen twelve-month period, David Clarke presents a year in the life of the city in which he has lived for the last two decades. An antidote to the tourist picture-postcard view of Hong Kong which is so often propagated to locals and visitors alike, these images and their accompanying text are produced from a proximity which enables both a critical engagement with the city and a celebration of its uniqueness."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Photography -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Photography. |
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China -- Hong Kong. |
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Hong Kong (China) -- Pictorial works.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Pictorial works.
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Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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| In: |
HKU Press digital editions. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Clarke, David J. (David James), 1954- Hong Kong x 24 x 365. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2007 9622098177 (DLC) 2007320474 (OCoLC)225414245 |
| ISBN |
9789882205598 (electronic book) |
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9882205593 (electronic book) |
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9622098177 |
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9789622098176 |
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