The best books on hong kong five books expert recommendations. Starting out as a farming fishing village and salt production site, it became an important free port and eventually a major international financial centre the qing dynasty ceded hong kong. His epic novel fragrant harbour, which spans much of the 20th century, begins in 1935. British journalist and novelist john lanchester spent much of his younger life in hong kong. Starting out as a farming fishing village and salt production site, it became an important free port and eventually a major international financial centre the qing dynasty ceded hong kong to the british empire in 1842. The art worlds eyes are on the citystate for art basel hong kong but. Considered one of the classic books about the city, myself a mandarin is an autobiographical account of a british magistrate in 1950s hong kong. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers.
History of hong kong lonely planet travel information. Carroll concludes by exploring the legacies of colonial rule, the consequences of hong kong s reintegration with china, and significant developments and challenges since 1997. The book explores hong kong as a place with a unique identity, yet also a crossroads where chinese history, british colonial history, and world history intersect. Since the movement ended, however, chinese language bookstores in hong kong have been. Discover the best hong kong history in best sellers. Online shopping for hong kong from a great selection at books store. Buy a history of hong kong 2rev ed by welsh, frank isbn. History in the very long scale of history, hong kong as we know it today has existed for a mere blink of an eye.
The region of hong kong has been inhabited since the old stone age, later becoming part of the chinese empire with its loose incorporation into the qin dynasty 221206 bc. But there was a lot going on in the region before that wintry morning in 1841 when a contingent of british marines clambered ashore and planted the union flag on the western part of hong kong island, claiming it for the british crown. Vibrant, fastpaced, and full of stories, hong kong is a place where east and west have long intermingled. Growing from a fishing village to a bustling colonial trading port and one of asias most powerful financial centres, hong kong has a colourful history and complex. Over 1,000 results in books history asia hong kong. This is because there arent a lot of women who have written books. 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. It tells the story of tom stewart, a young, adventurehungry englishman who journeys on the ss darjeeling to hong kong.
To explain the situation in hong kong in great detailits history with china, what provoked hong kong people, and what comes nextive curated a list of five books that go deep and beyond about the topic a note on diversity. Best fiction and nonfiction books, novels and memoirs that take place primarily in the city of hong kong. Five books that explain the hong kong protests financial times. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Covering the political and cultural angles on the city as well as fiction and personal memoirs, these are our ten best books about hong kong.
City of protest by antony dapiran is an accessible, colourful book that traces hong kongs history of dissent from the 1967 riots to the territorys. If youre looking to get to grips with hong kongs rollercoaster history, tsangs documenting of opium smugglers, pirates and colonial mandarins. It was history in the making, and begged to be written about. Growing from a fishing village to a bustling colonial trading port and one of asias most powerful financial centres, hong kong has a colourful history and complex sociocultural dynamics. He has had a varied career in international business and banking, including service on the boards of nationalised industries and as a member of the royal commission on the national health service. Carroll concludes by exploring the legacies of colonial rule, the consequences of hong kongs reintegration with china, and significant developments and challenges since 1997. This is because there arent a lot of women who have written books on the subject. Le carres the honourable schoolboy for some historical background.
Online shopping for hong kong history books in the books store. The author, coates offers a wholehearted and honest retelling of his attempts to understand the colonys largely cantonese citizens and his effort to administer british justice on a completely foreign culture. Considered the most comprehensive hong kong history book, welsh recounts the countrys origins from a barren land from the british. Hong kong is one of the worlds most enigmatic cities and its complex history has captured peoples imaginations around the world, these ten mustread books about hong kong will help visitors understand what makes this extraordinary citys heart beat.
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