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9780679724865

Hong Kong

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  • ISBN13:

    9780679724865

  • ISBN10:

    0679724869

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1990-01-01
  • Publisher: Vintage Books
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Summary

Combining firsthand reportage with exemplary research, Morris takes readers from Hong Kong's clamorous back alleys to the luxurious Happy Valley racecourse, where taipans place their bets between sips of champagne and bird's nest soup. Morris chronicles the exploits of traders, pirates, colonists, financiers, and shows how their descendants view the prospect of reunification with the Chinese mainland. What emerges is an epic tableau, vastly informed and pungently evocative.

Table of Contents

Prologuep. 15
Chronologyp. 33
Impacts and Imagesp. 38
1840s: On the Foreshorep. 74
Peoplesp. 93
1880s: The Compleat Colonyp. 131
Means of Supportp. 147
1920s: Dogdaysp. 183
Control Systemsp. 199
1940s: War and Peacep. 239
The Landlordp. 263
The Final Editionp. 291
Reading Listp. 304
Thanksp. 307
Indexp. 309
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