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Made in Hong Kong transpacific networks and a new history of globalization Peter E. Hamilton

"Between 1949 and 1997, Hong Kong transformed from a struggling British colonial outpost into a global financial capital. Made in Hong Kong delivers a new narrative of this metamorphosis, revealing Hong Kong both as a critical engine in the expansion and remaking of postwar global capitalism an...

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Main Author: Hamilton, Peter E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Columbia University Press [2021]
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Subjects:
Economic development > China > Hong Kong.
Globalization > China > Hong Kong.
Hong Kong (China) > Economic conditions.
Hong Kong (China) > Commerce > United States.
United States > Commerce > China > Hong Kong.
Hong Kong (China) > Foreign economic relations > United States.
United States > Foreign economic relations > China > Hong Kong.
Commerce
Economic development
Economic history
Globalization
International economic relations
China > Hong Kong
United States
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Center of the Earth : Hong Kong's transpacific networks and the origins of China's globalization
  • Capitalist transplants : elite refugees and the first reorientations of Hong Kong
  • Christian transplants : non-elite refugees and American educational outreach
  • Cold War partners : Hong Kong's "refugee colleges" and American aid
  • The turning point : Li Choh-Ming and kuashang strategies at Chinese University
  • Decolonization by investment : American social and financial capital in Hong Kong
  • The kuashang effect : American social capital and Hong Kong's 1970s takeoff
  • Leading the way : kuashang brokers in China, 1971-1982
  • The gatekeepers : kuashang strategies and a new global order, 1982-1992

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