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Author : Frank Welsh
Publisher : Kodansha
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN :
About the history of Hong Kong from ancient times until 1993.
Author : Richard Hughes
Publisher : Deutsch
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 37,68 MB
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN :
Rev. ed. published 1976 under title: Borrowed place, borrowed time. Bibliography: p. [173].
Author : Chan Ho-Kei
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 26,76 MB
Release : 2017-01-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0802189822
A legendary detective uncovers Hong Kong’s darkest crimes: “An ambitious narrative brilliantly executed . . . What an achievement!” (John Burdett, author of Bangkok 8). From award-winning author Chan Ho-kei, The Borrowed tells the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a detective who’s worked in Hong Kong fifty years. Across six decades of Hong Kong’s volatile history, the narrative follows Kwan through the Leftist Riot of 1967, when a bombing plot threatens many lives; the conflict between the HK Police and ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) in 1977; the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989; the Handover in 1997; and the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called on to solve his final case, the murder of a local billionaire, in a modern Hong Kong that increasingly resembles a police state. Along the way we meet Communist rioters, ultra-violent gangsters, pop singers enmeshed in the high-stakes machinery of star-making, and a people always caught in the shifting balance of political power, whether in London or Beijing. Tracing a broad historical arc, The Borrowed reveals just how closely everything is connected, how history repeats itself, and how we have come full circle to repeat the political upheaval and societal unrest of the past. It is a gripping, brilliantly constructed novel from a talented new voice.
Author : P. E. N. Hong Kong Kong
Publisher :
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,45 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789887792765
The handover in 1997 saw Hong Kong's transition from colonial to communist rule under the auspices of 'one country, two systems'. But twenty years on, the real impact of the sovereignty change is just starting to register, with a rapid erosion of freedoms. Believing that we are stronger together, PEN Hong Kong invited some of the city's most prominent writers to contribute to an anthology of essays, fiction and artwork that marks this historical milestone.
Author : Richard Hughes
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,7 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Hong Kong (China)
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Author : Riika-Leena Juntunen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 18,80 MB
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004302948
In Borrowed Place: Mission Stations and Local Adaption in Early Twentieth-Century Hunan Riika-Leena Juntunen creates a microhistorical narrative around the establishment, reception, and development of Lizhou protestant stations during the turbulent years of popular nationalism and early communist activity. The book examines the changing place identity around the stations from political, religious, ritual, cultural, and gendered perspectives, revealing a Chinese semi-religious community with varying motivations and in constant dialogue with its surroundings. The group developed its own normative code and hierarchy, and it offered both economic and religious benefits according to local models. Yet the developing political situation also meant it had to solve the question of anti-foreignism to be able to continue its existence.
Author : Richard HUGHES (Journalist.)
Publisher :
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 13,18 MB
Release : 1968
Category :
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Author : Sally J. Southwick
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 30,22 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Group identity
ISBN : 0821416170
Annotation "A highly original study that is of particular importance as communities across the United States and elsewhere explore heritage tourism as a way to boost local economies, Sally J. Southwick's book Building on a Borrowed Past: Place and Identity in Pipestone, Minnesota demonstrates how small-town citizens and boosters contributed to the generic image of "the Indian" in American culture and describes the process of one culture absorbing the heritage of another for civic advantage."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Richard Hughes
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,14 MB
Release : 1976
Category :
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Author : Susan Wiggs
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 17,3 MB
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1426863950
During her own bridal shower, Isabel Wharton is whisked away by past love Dan Black Horse to his retreat in the Cascade range. But returning to her Native roots, and Dan's loving arms, is harder than she ever imagined.