Hong Kong: Markets, Street Hawkers and the Fight against Gentrification

By Maurizio Marinelli

Street markets and hawking have long been a fixture of everyday life inHong Kong. Some markets are centuries old, and have come to serve asembodiments of Hong Kong's rich social and cultural heritage. But now many streetmarkets face the threat of creeping gentrification, as these vibrant communityspaces are cleared to make way for bland shopping malls. In this moving and provocative work, historian MaurizioMarinelli explores the street markets of Hong Kong, giving voice to their hawkers,traders, artists and visitors, and painting a vivid picture of communities andways of life which face the threat of extinction. But Marinelli also looks atthe ways in which these communities are fighting back against gentrification,and gives hope that Hong Kong's markets may yet endure.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783609141
• ISBN13: 9781783609147
• Release Date: January 1900
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 256 Pages