From A British To A Chinese Colony? Hong Kong Before And After The 1997 Handover (chinese Research Monograph 75)

Introduction: Straddling The Handover: Colonialism And Decolonization In British And Prc Hong Kong / Gary Chi-hung Luk -- Part I. British Colonial Legacies -- The Comprador System In Nineteenth Century Hong Kong / Kaori Abe -- Government And Language In Hong Kong / Sonia Lam-knott -- A Ruling Idea Of The Time? The Rule Of Law In Pre- And Post-1997 Hong Kong / Carol A. G. Jones -- Part Ii. Hong Kong, Britain, And China(s) -- From Cold War Warrior To Moral Guardian: Film Censorship In Hong Kong / Zardas Shuk-man Lee -- The Roots Of Regionalism: Water Management In Postwar Hong Kong / David Clayton -- Economic Relations Between The Mainland And Hong Kong: An 'irreplaceable' Financial Center / Leo F. Goodstadt -- Part Iii. Decolonization, Retrocession, And Recolonization: New Perspectives -- At The Edge Of Empire: Eurasians, Portuguese And Baghdadi Jewish Communities In British Hong Kong / Felicia Yap -- Reunification Discourse In Between Chinese Nationalisms / Law Wing Sang -- From Citizens Back To Subjects: Constructing National Belonging In Hong Kong's National Education Center / Kevin Carrico Introduction : straddling the handover : colonialism and decolonization in British and PRC Hong Kong / Gary Chi-hung Luk Part I. British colonial legacies The Comprador System in nineteenth century Hong Kong / Kaori Abe Government and language in Hong Kong / Sonia Lam-Knott A ruling idea of the time? The rule of law in pre- and post-1997 Hong Kong / Carol A.G. Jones Part II. Hong Kong, Britain, and China(s) From Cold War warrior to moral guardian : film censorship in British Hong Kong / Zardas Shuk-man Lee The roots of regionalism : water management in postwar Hong Kong / David Clayton Economic relations between the mainland and Hong Kong, an 'irreplacable' financial center / Leo F. Goodstadt Part III. Decolonization, retrocession, and recolonization : new perspectives At the edge of empire : the Eurasians, Portuguese and Baghdadi Jewish communities in British Hong Kong / Felicia Yap Reunification discourse in Chinese nationalisms / Law Wing Sang From citizens back to subjects : constructing national belonging in Hong Kong's national education centre / Kevin Carrico Cover Notes to this edition Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Contributors Note on the Romanization of Names Introduction. Straddling the Handover: Colonialism and Decolonization in British and PRC Hong Kong Part I. British Colonial Legacies 1. The Comprador System in Nineteenth-Century Hong Kong 2. Government and Language in Hong Kong 3. A Ruling Idea of the Time? The Rule of Law in Pre- and Post-1997 Hong Kong Part II. Hong Kong, Britain, and China(s) 4. From Cold War Warrior to Moral Guardian: Film Censorship in British Hong Kong 5. The Roots of Regionalism: Water Management in Postwar Hong Kong 6. Economic Relations between the Mainland and Hong Kong, an “Irreplaceable” Financial Center Part III. Decolonization, Retrocession, and Recolonization: New Perspectives 7. At the Edge of Empire: The Eurasian, Portuguese, and Baghdadi Jewish Communities in British Hong Kong 8. Reunification Discourse and Chinese Nationalisms 9. From Citizens Back to Subjects: Constructing National Belonging in Hong Kong’s National Education Centre Index Back Cover This collection of essays explores the development and legacy of British colonialism in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong’s place in Chinese history from the mid-Qing through the Republican and PRC eras. After a substantial introduction by the editor, the nine contributors to this volume analyze (1) the formation and vestiges of British colonialism in Hong Kong, (2) Hong Kong’s role in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century history of the British empire, the Qing dynasty, and subsequent Chinese governments, and (3) the incorporation of Hong Kong into the PRC in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Their detailed essays critically document the political and cultural processes by which colonial structures were constructed and maintained in Hong Kong under British rule. They also offer illuminating analysis of the discourses on “reunification" that have played out in Hong Kong in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, and the aptness of recent characterizations of Hong Kong’s recent history as a process of "recolonization."