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The Dragon and the Crown Hong Kong Memoirs
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
- Summary
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The book contributes to the ongoing search for Hong Kong identity in the Special Administrative Region and will resonate among people in Hong Kong as well as those interested in the fate of the for...
The book contributes to the ongoing search for Hong Kong identity in the Special Administrative Region and will resonate among people in Hong Kong as well as those interested in the fate of the former colony.
Details
- Creator
- Stanley S.K. Kwan with Nicole Kwan
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2009
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- ISBNs
- 988805287X, 9789888052875, 9882207537, 1282709461, 9622099556, 9789622099555, 9786612709463
- OCLC
- ocn650859792
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Cover; The Dragon and the Crown - Hong Kong Memoirs; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Robert Nield; Foreword by Diana Lary and Bernard Luk; Preface; Acknowledgements; Editorial Conventions; Genealogical Tables; 1. Roots; 2. Baptism by Fire; 3. Hong Kong after the War; 4. Hang Seng Bank; 5. New China; 6. Home and Country; Appendix I: The Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society; Appendix II: The Hang Seng Index; Appendix III: The Teachings of Chairman Ho; Appendix IV: Quotations, Sayings and Slogans in Chinese; Glossary; Sources; Index