City on the Edge: Hong Kong under Chinese Rule

Author: Ho-fung Hung (The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 316 For decades, Hong Kong has maintained precarious freedom at the edge of competing world powers. In City on the Edge, Ho-fung Hung offers a timely and engaging account of Hong Kong's development from precolonial times to the present, with particular focus on the post 1997 handover period. Through careful analysis of vast economic data, a myriad of political events, and intricate networks of actors and ideas,...Read more