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Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2011; US$ 60.00The volume collects the published articles of Dr Marjorie Topley, who was a pioneer in the field of social anthropology in the postwar period and also the first president of the revived Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. more...
Forgotten Souls
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2011; US$ 55.00The book has recorded the inscriptions on all 8,000 graves in the HK Cemetery to provide a rich description of life in Hong Kong during the first 100 years approximately from its colonization and a wonderful series of anecdotes. more...
The Political Future of Hong Kong
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 42.95On July 1 st , 2007, Hong Kong celebrated the 10 th anniversary of its return to the People?s Republic of China, but the past decade has been a bumpy ride for both the Hong Kong people and the central leaders in China. In fact, in 2003 Beijing had already succumbed to public pressure within the fairly short period of its rule by abruptly replacing... more...
Neoliberalism and Culture in China and Hong Kong
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 135.00This book examines the period leading up to the Hong Kong handover in 1997 - the 'countdown of time', and by using iconic cultural symbols such as the countdown clock, the Hong Kong Museum exhibitions and cultural heritage sites, argues that China has undergone a transition to neoliberal state, in part through its reunification with Hong Kong. The... more...
Not the Slightest Chance
Hong Kong University Press 2003; US$ 40.00The book assembles a phase-by-phase, day-by-day, hour-by-hour, and death-by-death account of the battle. It considers the individual actions that made up the fighting, as well as the strategies and plans and the many controversies that arose. more...
The Six-Day War of 1899
Hong Kong University Press 2008; US$ 35.00In 1899, a year after the Convention of Peking leased the New Territories to Britain, the British moved to establish control. This triggered resistance by the some of the population of the New Territories. There ensued six days of fighting with heavy Chinese casualties. This truly forgotten war has been thoroughly researched for the first time and... more...
Building Democracy
Hong Kong University Press 2003; US$ 24.00This book offers an analysis of Hong Kong's current political situation within the larger context of its political history and its relationship to Beijing. more...
The Happy Valley
Hong Kong University Press 2010; US$ 35.00The book describes the origin and evolution of Hong Kong's oldest Western cemetery garden in the Happy Valley and, by means of a self-guided tour, highlights the need for urgent action to conserve the deteriorating built and natural heritage resources of this important historic cultural landscape. more...
Critical Discourse Analysis in Historiography
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 100.00The book shows how the study of the evolving discourse employed during a political process spanning more than a decade can provide insights for critical discourse analysis, on the one hand, and understanding of a real world political process on the other, thereby demonstrating the potential role for critical discourse analysis in historiography. more...
The Politics of Hong Kong's Reversion to China
Palgrave Macmillan 1997; US$ 39.00Hong Kong's reunification with China presents China with a great challenge: to preserve the prosperity and stability that Hong Kong has achieved under the British legacy of a democratic free-enterprise system and an efficient but noninterfering government. China aims to successfully link its own traditionally socialist economy and communist political... more...









