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Long Night’s Journey into Day: Prisoners of War in Hong Kong and Japan, 1941-1945

March 22, 2015

Sickness, starvation, brutality, and forced labour plagued the existence of tens of thousands of Allied POWs in World War II. More than a quarter of these POWs died in captivity. Long Night’s Journey into Day centres on the lives of Canadian, British, Indian, and Hong Kong POWs captured at Hong Kong in December 1941 and […]
BATTLE FOR HONG KONG 1941-1945: Hostage to Fortune

March 22, 2015

Published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of liberation of Hong Kong and VJ Day, this is the authoritative account of how the British, Canadian, Indian and Chinese defenders surrendered Hong Kong to the Japanese after 18 days of intense fighting, on Christmas Day, 1941. It is thoroughly researched with exceptional access to war diaries […]
Eurasian: Mixed Identities in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, 1842-1943

March 22, 2015

In the second half of the nineteenth century, global labor migration, trade, and overseas study brought China and the United States into close contact, leading to new cross-cultural encounters that brought mixed-race families into being. Yet the stories of these families remain largely unknown. How did interracial families negotiate their identities within these societies when […]
The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969: In Love with the Chinese

March 22, 2015

The Maryknoll Sisters were the first American Catholic community of women founded for overseas missionary work, and were the first American Sisters in Hong Kong. Chu argues that the mission provided Maryknollers what they had long desired–equal employment opportunities–which were only later emphasized in the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s. Sale Price:$30.47 0230602312
The Business Environment in Hong Kong

March 22, 2015

Since its first publication in 1980, this book has become the standard introductory text describing the environment for business and investment in Hong Kong. Sale Price:$39.95 0195905660
Beatles Tapes IV: Hong Kong 1964 (Beatles)

March 22, 2015

Fresh from their release of “A Hard Day’s Night,” The Beatles answer questions from the reporters during the 1964 Hong Kong Press Conference. Sale Price:$10.95 1885959478
Hong Kong Today and Since the Handover of 1997 (China in the 21st Century)

March 22, 2015

This book explores Hong Kong today and since the People’s Republic of China (China) resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, an event frequently referred to as the “Handover”. Discussed are the prospects for democracy in Hong Kong and the 2012 election reforms; the political and economic climates; the civil liberties of the […]
Between Shanghai and Hong Kong: The Politics of Chinese Cinemas

March 22, 2015

Based on meticulous archival research and a repetorary of rarefilms, most of which were believed lost, this book is a pioneering critical study of the Chinese cinemas in Hong Kong and Shanghai and their complex interconnections. The years 1935-50 were a period of ceaseless violence in China, of war, occupation, civil war, and colonialism, leading […]
City Between Worlds: My Hong Kong

March 22, 2015

Hong Kong is perched on the fault line between China and the West, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. Leo Ou-fan Lee offers an insider’s view of Hong Kong, capturing the history and culture that make his densely packed home city so different from its generic neighbors. The search for an indigenous Hong Kong […]
Hong Kong: A Cultural History (Cityscapes)

March 22, 2015

Hong Kong has always been something of an anomaly, and an outpost of empire, whether British or Chinese. Once described as a barren island, the former fishing community has been transformed by its own economic miracle into one of Asia’s World Cities, taking in its stride the territory’s 1997 return to Chinese sovereignty. Beneath the […]

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