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1yr Zhou Yisu
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Hong Kong
Douban
Caroline Knowles / Douglas Harper publishing house: University Of Chicago Press 2010 - 2
In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the cityโ€™s status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. Hong Kong is a tour of the cityโ€™s postcolonial urban landscape, innovatively told through fieldwork and photography. Caroline Knowles and Douglas Harperโ€™s point of entry into Hong Kong is the unusual position of the British expatriates who chose to remain in the city after the transition. Now a relatively insignificant presence, British migrants in Hong Kong have become intimately connected with another small minority group there: immigrants from Southeast Asia. The lives, journeys, and stories of these two groups bring to life a place where the past continues to resonate for all its residents, even as the city hurtles forward into a future marked by transience and transition. By skillfully blending ethnographic and visual approaches, Hong Kong offers a fascinating guide to a city that is at once unique in its recent history and exemplary of our globalized present.

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Zhou Yisu
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Educator & Sociologist from Macao. Current book project focus on Science and Technology development in contemporary China and higher education.

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