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• Title:A modern history of Hong Kong / Steve Tsang.
  
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• Variant Title:Hong Kong
  History of Hong Kong
  
• Author/Creator:Tsang, Steve Yui-Sang, 1959-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:ebrary, Inc.
  
• Published/Created:London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2004.
  

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  • Call Number: DS796.H757
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Hong Kong (China)--History--19th century.
  Hong Kong (China)--History--20th century.
  
• Description:1 online resource ; cm.
  
• Summary:"This major new history of Hong Kong tells the 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."--Jacket.
  
• Reproduction note:Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-333) and index.
  Description based on print version record.
  
• ISBN:9780857730831 (electronic bk.)
  0857730835 (electronic bk.)
  1860641849
  9781860641848
  
• Contents:The foundations of modern Hong Kong
  The heyday of imperial rule
  A colonial paradox
  Securing the future.