Hong Kong and British Culture, 1945–97
Seiten
2017
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-1672-7 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-1672-7 (ISBN)
A major contribution to the scholarship on British decolonisation, the cultural history of imperialism and British engagement with China. This highly original study places the emergence of contemporary Hong Kong in the wider, post-imperial setting. -- .
This book examines the British cultural engagement with Hong Kong in the second half of the twentieth century. It shows how the territory fit unusually within Britain’s decolonisation narratives and served as an occasional foil for examining Britain’s own culture during a period of perceived stagnation and decline.
Drawing on a wide range of archival and published primary sources, Hong Kong and British culture, 1945–97 investigates such themes as Hong Kong as a site of unrestrained capitalism, modernisation, and good government, as well as an arena of male social and sexual opportunity. It also examines the ways in which Hong Kong Chinese embraced British culture, and the competing predictions that British observers made concerning the colony’s return to Chinese sovereignty. An epilogue considers the enduring legacy of British colonialism. -- .
This book examines the British cultural engagement with Hong Kong in the second half of the twentieth century. It shows how the territory fit unusually within Britain’s decolonisation narratives and served as an occasional foil for examining Britain’s own culture during a period of perceived stagnation and decline.
Drawing on a wide range of archival and published primary sources, Hong Kong and British culture, 1945–97 investigates such themes as Hong Kong as a site of unrestrained capitalism, modernisation, and good government, as well as an arena of male social and sexual opportunity. It also examines the ways in which Hong Kong Chinese embraced British culture, and the competing predictions that British observers made concerning the colony’s return to Chinese sovereignty. An epilogue considers the enduring legacy of British colonialism. -- .
Mark Hampton is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Centre for Cinema Studies at Lingnan University -- .
Introduction
1. Hong Kong and British culture: postwar contexts
2. The discourse of unbridled capitalism in post-war Hong Kong
3. A man’s playground
4. The discourses of order and modernisation
5. Good governance
6. Chinese Britishness
7. Narratives of 1997
Epilogue: Colonial hangovers
Bibliography
Index -- .
Erscheinungsdatum | 31.01.2018 |
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Reihe/Serie | Studies in Imperialism |
Zusatzinfo | 11 black & white illustrations |
Verlagsort | Manchester |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 386 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5261-1672-3 / 1526116723 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-1672-7 / 9781526116727 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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