Spcsale Concise History of Honcb
Douban Google Books
John M. Carroll
Sinossi
When the British occupied the tiny island of Hong Kong during the First Opium War, the Chinese empire was well into its decline, while Great Britain was already in the second decade of its legendary Imperial Century. from this collision of empires arose
contents
1. Introduction: Hong Kong in History
2. Early Colonial Hong Kong
3. State and Society
4. Colonialism and Nationalism
5. The Interwar Years
6. War and Revolution
7. A New Hong Kong
8. Becoming Hong Kongese
9. The Countdown to 1997
Epilogue: Beyond 1997
Chronology of Key events
Bibliography and Further Reading