Hong Kong - Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys

Zusammenfassung In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China! ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. This book presents a tour of Hong Kong city's postcolonial urban landscape.

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• Authors: Douglas Harper, Harper Douglas, Caroline Knowles, Caroline Harper Knowles, Caroline/ Harper Knowles, Knowles Caroline, KNOWLES CAROLINE HARPER DOUGLAS
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2010
• EAN: 9780226448572
• ISBN: 978-0-226-44857-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Disco; Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries; Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries (CHUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Asia / China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Hong Kong, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Asian History, Urban communities, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence