A Modern History of Hong Kong by Steve Tsang, Softcover Book

Title: A Modern History of Hong Kong by Steve Tsang, Softcover Book.
Author: Steve Tsang.
Type: Non-Fiction.
Edition: Paperback edition 2009.
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press.
Year Published: First Published 2004.
Format: Softcover Book.
Printed By: Thomson Press.
Page Count: 340 pages.
Size: Width:15.5cm
      Height:23cm
      Thickness:3cm
Info:
From a little-known fishing community at the periphery of China, Hong Kong developed into one of the world's most spectacular and cosmopolitan metropoles after a century and a half of British imperial rule. 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; its developments as an imperial outpost, its transformation into the "pearl" of the British Empire and of the Orient and the events leading to the end of British rule. Based on extensive research in British and Chinese sources, both official and private, the book addresses the changing relations between the local Chinese and the expatriate communities in 156 years of British rule, and the emergence of a local identity. It ends with a critical but dispassionate examination of Hong Kong's transition from a British Crown Colony to a Chinese Special Administrative Region.
Condition: Very Good, all pages, covers, spine and binding in very good condition.
Price: R 195.00 Inc Vat.