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100	1		_91896 _aTsang, Steve Yui-Sang, _d1959-
245	1	2	_aA modern history of Hong Kong / _cSteve Tsang.
260			_aLondon : _aNew York : _bI.B. Tauris, _cc2015.
300			_a340 p. : _bmaps ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPt. 1. The foundations of modern Hong Kong -- 1. War and peace -- 2. The foundation of a crown colony -- 3. Imperial expansion -- Pt. 2. The heyday of imperial rule -- 4. Law and justice -- 5. Economy and society -- 6. Agent for change in China -- 7. The Great War and Chinese nationalism -- 8. Imperial grandeur -- Pt. 3. A colonial paradox -- 9. Japanese invasion and occupation -- 10. Return to empire -- 11. A fine balance -- 12. Economic take-off -- 13. The rise of the Hong Kongers -- 14. The making of a colonial paradox -- Pt. 4. Securing the future -- 15. Fateful decisions -- 16. The beginning of the end -- 17. The final chapter.
520			_aTells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original "Opium War". As premier power in Europe and an expansionist empire, Britain first created in Hong Kong a major naval station and the principal base to open the Celestial Chinese Empire to trade. Working in parallel with the locals, the British built it up to become a focus for investment in the region and an international centre with global shipping, banking and financial interests. Yet by far the most momentous change in the history of this prosperous, capitalist colony was its return in 1997 to "…Mother China", the most powerful Communist state in the world.
651		0	_91895 _aHong Kong (China) _xHistory _y19th century
651		0	_91895 _aHong Kong (China) _xHistory _y20th century
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