Hong Kong: Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys

by Douglas Harper and Caroline Knowles

Book Overview

In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. Hong Kong is a tour of the city's postcolonial urban landscape, innovatively told through fieldwork and photography.

Caroline Knowles and Douglas Harper's point of entry into Hong Kong is the unusual position...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226448568
• ISBN13: 9780226448565
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.0"