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  • A Documentary History of Public Health in Hong Kong

    Edición de Yip Ka-che, Wong Man Kong, Leung Yuen Sang ...
    The publication of this book marks the fifteenth anniversary of the outbreak of SARS epidemic in Hong Kong in 2003. This documentary study, originating as a research project a year after the epidemic, is a comprehensive attempt to examine the development of public health in Hong Kong from 1841 to the early 1990s. It covers the periods of prewar colonial rule, Japanese occupation, postwar ... Leer más

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  • The Hong Kong Diaries

    de Chris Patten ...
    The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handoverIn June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not (as other British colonies over the decades) for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom most of its territory had been leased 99 years previously. Over the next five ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

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  • Hong Kong

    de Jan Morris ...
    Series series Vintage Departures
    In its last days under British rule, the Crown Colony of Hong Kong is the world's most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and primitive poverty, the most architecturally incongruous yet undeniably beautiful urban panorama of all. World-renowned travel writer Jan Morris offers the most insightful and ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Last Governor

    Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong

    de Jonathan Dimbleby ...
    "Interesting conclusions about the conduct of British foreign policy on Hong Kong . . . an extraordinary diplomatic, political and personal drama."—Julian Stockwin, author of To the Eastern Seas1 July 1997 marked the end of British rule of Hong Kong, whereby this territory was passed into the hands of the People's Republic of China.In 1992, Chris Patten, former chairman of the Conservative Party, ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Concise History of Hong Kong

    de John M. Carroll ...
    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 a city that continues to intrigue observers. Melding Chinese and Western influences, Hong Kong has long defied easy categorization. John M. ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • A Modern History of Hong Kong

    1841-1997

    de Dr Steve Tsang ...
    This major history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original 'Opium War'. As premier power in Europe and an expansionist empire, Britain first created in Hong Kong a major naval station and the principal base to ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • Dr. Sun Yat-Sen : his life and achievements

    de Dr. Sun Yat-Sen ...
    One of greatest achievements book is that Dr. Sun Yat-sen was able to find a living synthesis between the ancient and the modern, between the East and the West, and combining them together to make China a modern country. ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD

  • As Equals

    The Oei Women of Java

    de Daryl Yeap ...
    In this wonderfully detailed narrative, Daryl Yeap brings us the fascinating story of Hui-lan, Ida and Lucy, daughters and wife of Asia's richest man at the turn of the 20th century — Oei Tiong-ham. Flying planes, managing Asia's richest estate and charming the West with their sense of style and sophistication — at a time when bound feet, matchmaking and subservience were in vogue — the three ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Dragon and Kangaroo

    Australia and China's Shared History from the Goldfields to the Present Day

    de Robert Macklin ...
    The fascinating story of the Chinese presence in and influence on this country - our intertwined history from colonial times to today.Chinese 'presence' in Australia extends from well before the time of Captain Cook - trading with northern Australia long before Europeans came here - right through to the present day, with Chinese activities ranging from being the main customer for our iron ore, to ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Opium and Empire

    The Lives and Careers of William Jardine and James Matheson

    de Richard Grace ...
    In 1832 William Jardine and James Matheson established what would become the greatest British trading company in East Asia in the nineteenth century. After the termination of the East India Company's monopoly in the tea trade, Jardine, Matheson & Company's aggressive marketing strategies concentrated on the export of teas and the import of opium, sold offshore to Chinese smugglers.Jardine and ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Among Australia’S Pioneers

    Chinese Indentured Pastoral Workers on the Northern Frontier 1848 to C.1880

    de Margaret Slocomb ...
    The almost simultaneous abolition of the slave trade and the cessation of convict transportation to the colony of New South Walesnow eastern mainland Australiastarted a quest by the squatter pastoralists for alternative sources of cheap labor for their vast sheep runs. Over a period of five years, beginning from 1848, around three thousand Chinese men and boys from Fujian Province were recruited ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Tan Kah-kee: The Making Of An Overseas Chinese Legend (Revised Edition)

    de Ching-fatt Yong ...
    For a Chinese immigrant in South-East Asia to make good is not unique, but what is unique in Tan Kah-kee's case is his enormous contribution to employment and economic development in Singapore and Malaya. He was the only Chinese in history to have single-handedly founded a private university in Amoy and financially maintained it for sixteen years. He was the only Hua-ch'iao of his generation to ... Leer más

    $41.99 USD