City on the Edge: Hong Kong under Chinese Rule

ISBN-13: 9781108840330 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 300 str.

Maryland) Hung Ho-fung (The Johns Hopkins University

Opis

A timely study of Hong Kong's politics and society since the 1997 handover that explores the city's long history of resistance.

Recenzje

'… City on the Edge presents a solid and powerful analysis of the forces and events behind one of the most defining moments in Hong Kong, China and global history. Engagingly written and theoretically informed, it caters to the needs of the scholarly community and general audience.' Edmund W. Cheng, The China Quarterly

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. At Empires' Edge, 1197–1997; Part I. Capital: 3. The Making of China's Offshore Financial Center; 4. Mainlandization of Business Monopoly; Part II. Empire: 5. 'One Country, Two Systems' Before Hong Kong; 6. From Autonomy to Coercive Assimilation; Part III. Resistance: 7. The Class Politics of Democratic Movement; 8. Hong Kong as a Political Consciousness; 9. Conclusion: Endgame or New Beginning?