Salina luk has 22 books on goodreads, and is currently reading modern history of hong kong, a. In the 21st century, hong kong has continued to enjoy success as a financial center. The qing dynasty ceded hong kong to the british empire in 1842 through the treaty of nanjing, ending the first opium war. This page is all about what makes hong kong special. For information on purchasing the book in other territories, please contact i. For as long as there have been civilized humans, there has been some form of china. From a littleknown fishing community at the periphery of china, hong kong. Hong kong has been chinas most critical link to the rest of the world since the silk road and the mongols. Until recent decades, about 90 percent of all chinese emigrants went through hong kong. A modern history of hong kong read and download epub.
Wm roger louis, kerr chair in english history and culture and distinguished teaching professor, university of texas at austin this is a well constructed, thorough and yet succinct history of hong kong. From the shang dynasty to the return of hong kong, see the expansive history of one of the great cradles of. Documentary on the history of hong kong through 1997. A chronology of key events in the history of hong kong from 1842 to. A modern history of hong kong presents a supremely wellbalanced history of this former british imperial possession. From a littleknown fishing community at the periphery of china, hong kong developed into one of the worlds most spectacular and cosmopolitan metropoles after a century and a half of british imperial rule.
Watching hong kong cop movies after 10 months of tear gas. The region of hong kong has been inhabited since the old stone age, later becoming part of the chinese empire with its loose incorporation into the qin dynasty. Steve tsangs meticulously researched historical narrative duly recognizes the efforts of both hong kong s industrious and civicminded local chinese population and the expatriate british who held the bulk of the administrative power over hong kong during its tenure as a crown. Pdf a history of hong kongs return to china and chinese.
Trevor clark nigeria 194959, hong kong 196077 seconded wphc 197277. Hong kong entered its modern era when it became a british overseas territory in 1841. Modern hong kong oxford research encyclopedia of asian history. Identity, intellectual history and culture sage journals. The region of hong kong has been inhabited since the old stone age, later becoming part of. A modern history of hong kong hong kong university press.
British colony of hong kongnow the hong kong special administrative. Steve tsangs admirable a modern history of hong kong is clearly written, logically organised, and sustains a tone of persuasive authority. In its early years as a crown colony, it suffered from corruption and racial. The region is bordered by guangdong province to the north and the south china sea to the east, south, and west. But the territory was once a quiet backwater of rural hamlets and fishing communities, where mountainous terrain dominated sparse human settlement. It consists of hong kong island, originally ceded by china to great britain in 1842, the southern part of the kowloon peninsula and stonecutters ngong shuen island now joined to the mainland, ceded in 1860. The bibliography of steve tsangs a modern history of hong kong. This history of hong kong from its occupation by the british in 1841 to its return to chinese sovereignty in 1997 includes the foundation of modern hong kong. Even though the specifi c issues in hong kong were very diff er en hte, t political tactics gave evidence of a diff usion eff ect from taiwan. A modern history of hong kong presents a supremely wellbalanced history of this. A chronology of key events in the history of hong kong from 1842 to the present. A modern history of hong kong request pdf researchgate. Modern hong kong page 1 of 24 printed from the oxford research encyclopedia, asian history asianhistory. Hong kong first came under chinese rule during the qin dynasty in the third century b.
From the 1960s until the 1980s, hong kong exported goods throughout the world. History and reform, corruption was systemized, organized and rulebound, and many police were deeply entrenched in. Modern hong kong oxford research encyclopedia of asian. Starting out as a farming fishing village and salt production site, it became an important free port and eventually a major international financial centre.
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