Global Hong Kong

by Wong; Cindy

• ISBN13: 9780415947695
• ISBN10: 0415947693
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Part of the new Globalizing Regions series, this fascinating text locates Hong Kong at the intersection of East and West in a rapidly globalizing world. A known major center for global capital flows and world trade, the former city state's global cultural power has also become increasingly evident in recent years as Hong Kong popular culture has spread to the West via a booming film industry.The authors of this text combine an analysis of the new cultures and social formations of contemporary Hong Kong, as well as the transformation of the physical city itself, with the broader issues of post-colonialism, transnationalism and economic globalization. They also trace the new interconnections that have been fostered by globalization - economic, demographic, social and cultural - between Hong Kong and the surrounding East Asian region as well as with emigrant Chinese communities in the US.Providing a rich discussion of Hong Kong's history, society and its enormously influential popular culture, this book will be essential reading for students of Hong Kong and Chinese studies courses, cultural studies, and also urban studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Why Hong Kong?	xi
One Reading Hong Kong in Place and Time	1	(32)
Two Origins and Growth, 1840's-1930's	33	(28)
Three Transformations of Hong Kong, 1930-1970	61	(28)
Four Toward the Twenty-First Century: Speed and Paradox	89	(42)
Five Hong Kong and Its Regional Context	131	(36)
Six Hong Kong and Cities of East Asia	167	(32)
Seven Diasporic Hong Kong Seven	199	(34)
Conclusion	233	(4)
Bibliography	237	(30)
Suggested Filmography	267	(3)
Web Sites	270	(3)
Index	273