Hong Kong and British culture, 1945-97 / Mark Hampton.

By:

Hampton, Mark, 1970- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)Publisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781784996925
1784996920

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hong Kong and British culture, 1945-97.DDC classification:

327.5125 23

LOC classification:

DA47.9.C5

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Contents:

Introduction: Britishness, empire, and Hong Kong -- Hong Kong and British culture: postwar contexts -- The discourse of unbridled capitalism in postwar Hong Kong -- A man's playground -- The discourses of order and modernism -- Good governance and Chinese British -- Narratives of 1997 -- Epilogue: postcolonial hangovers.

Summary: A major contribution to the scholarship on British decolonisation, the cultural history of imperialism and Britain's engagement with China, this highly original study places the emergence of contemporary Hong Kong in a wider post-imperial setting.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A major contribution to the scholarship on British decolonisation, the cultural history of imperialism and Britain's engagement with China, this highly original study places the emergence of contemporary Hong Kong in a wider post-imperial setting.

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