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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     England, Vaudine, author.     Subjects     Racially mixed people -- China -- Hong Kong -- History.     Hong Kong (China) -- History.     Hong Kong (China) -- Social life and customs.     Browse Catalog     by author:      England, Vaudine, author.       by title:      Fortune's bazaar : t...         MARC Display

Fortune's bazaar : the making of Hong Kong / Vaudine England. by England, Vaudine, author. New York : Scribner, 2023. Subjects Racially mixed people -- China -- Hong Kong -- History.   Hong Kong (China) -- History.   Hong Kong (China) -- Social life and customs. ISBN:  9781982184513 (hardcover) : 1982184515 (hardcover) Description:  358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Edition:  First Scribner hardcover edition. Contents:  Introduction: the different city -- The world to Hong Kong -- Fresh off the boat -- Honey -- Home -- Through the screen -- Constructing identities -- Hong Kong people making Hong Kong -- A cosmopolitan place -- Imagining communities -- The Eurasians -- Dancing on the edge -- Wars within and without -- Tough love -- The Hong Kongers -- Epilogue. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Hong Kong has always been many cities to many people: a seaport, a gateway to an empire, a place where fortunes can be dramatically made or lost, a place to disappear and reinvent oneself, and a mixing pot of diverse populations from literally everywhere around the globe. A British Crown Colony for 155 years, Hong Kong is now ruled by the Chinese Communist Party who continues to threaten its democracy and put its rich legacy at risk. Here, renowned journalist Vaudine England delves into Hong Kong's complex history and its people--diverse, multi-cultural, cosmopolitan--who have made this one-time fishing village into the world port city it is today. Rather than a traditional history describing a town led by British Governors or a mere offshoot of a collapsing Chinese empire, Fortune's Bazaar is the first thorough examination of the varied peoples who made Hong Kong. While British traders and Asian merchants had long been busy in the Indian and South East Asian seas, there were many from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds who arrived in Hong Kong, met and married--despite all taboos--and created a distinct community. Many of Hong Kong's most influential figures during its first century as a city were neither British nor Chinese--they were Malay or Indian, Jewish or Armenian, Parsi or Portuguese, Eurasian or Chindian--or simply, Hong Kongers. England describes those overlooked in history including the opium-traders who built synagogues or churches, ship-owners carrying gold-rush migrants, property tycoons, and more. Here, too, is the visionary who plumbed Hong Kong's harbor depths to spur reclamation, the half-Dutch Chinese gentleman with two wives who was knighted by Queen Victoria, and the landscape gardeners who settled Kowloon and became millionaires. A story of empire, race, and sex, Fortune's Bazaar combines deep archival research and oral history to present a vivid history of a special place--a unique city made by diverse people of the world, whose part in its creation has never been properly told until now"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 951.2506 En Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 951.2506 England Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult New Books 951.2506 En Checked out 05/29/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 951.2506 En Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Liliha Public Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing   Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Nonfiction 951.2506 En Checked In   Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Nonfiction 951.2506 En Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 951.2506 En Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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