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<p>This book reveals the British cultural engagement with Hong Kong in the second half of the twentieth century. It shows how the territory fit unusually within Britain's decolonisation narratives and at the same time served as an occasional foil for examining Britain's own culture during a period of perceived stagnation and decline. <p>In the British imagination, Hong Kong was a triumph of modernity. Once dismissed by Lord Palmerston as a 'barren island with hardly a house on it', in the late t

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Author

Mark Hampton

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781526116727

Category

history

Subjects

History, Science, Political Science

Updated

2026-03-25