Hong Kong As a Global Metropolis

Zusammenfassung David Meyer traces Hong Kong's history from its foundations to its handover to China in 1997. Throughout this period! Hong Kong has been pivotal as a meeting place of Chinese and foreign social networks. The author is optimistic for its future! challenging those who predict its decline under Chinese rule. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; 1. Enigma; 2. Intermediaries of capital; 3. From Canton to Hong Kong; 4. Hub of the China trade; 5. Chinese and foreign social networks of capital; 6. Trade and finance center for Asia; 7. Industrial metropolis; 8. Global metropolis for Asia; 9. Hong Kong, China; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Meyer David R., David R. Meyer, David R. (Brown University Meyer
• Assisted by: Alan R. H. Baker (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521026901
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02690-1
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Historica
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous