Hong Kong - Global City New Edition

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Chiu is Professor of Sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Tai-Lok Lui is Professor of Sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Klappentext Hong Kong is a small city with a big reputation. As mainland China has become an 'economic powerhouse' Hong Kong has taken a route of development of its own, flourishing as an entrepot and a centre of commerce and finance for Chinese business, then as an industrial city and subsequently a regional and international financial centre.This volume examines the developmental history of Hong Kong, focusing on its rise to the status of a Chinese global city in the world economy. Chiu and Lui's analysis is distinct in its perspective of the development as an integrated process involving economic, political and social dimensions, and as such this insightful and original book will be a core text on Hong Kong society for students. Zusammenfassung Chiu and Lui examine the developmental history of Hong Kong, focusing on its rise to the status of a Chinese global city in the world economy, and its social and political correlates between the 1970s and 1990s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Global Connections: Centre of Chinese Capitalism 2. An Industrial Colony 3. The Building of An International Financial Centre 4. A Divided City 5. Decolonization, Political Restructuring, and Post-Colonial Governance Crisis 6. The Return of the Regional and the National 7. A Chinese Global City?

Summary

Chiu and Lui examine the developmental history of Hong Kong, focusing on its rise to the status of a Chinese global city in the world economy, and its social and political correlates between the 1970s and 1990s.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Chiu, Chiu Stephen, Tai-Lok Lui, Stephen Wing-Kai Chiu
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.06.2009
• EAN: 9780415220118
• ISBN: 978-0-415-22011-8
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Asia's Transformations/Asia's Great Cities
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Travel > Travel guides > Asia; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General