Overview
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 melting pot of diverse populations from around the globe. A British Crown Colony for 155 years, Hong Kong is now ruled by the Chinese Communist Party. Here, renowned journalist Vaudine England delves into Hong Kongās complex history and its peopleādiverse, multi-cultural, cosmopolitanāwho 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, Fortuneās Bazaar is āa winning portrait of Hong Kongās vibrant mosaicā (Publishers Weekly). While British traders and Asian merchants had long been busy in the Indian and South East Asian seas, many people from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds arrived in Hong Kong, met, and marriedādespite all taboosāand created a distinct community. Many of Hong Kongās most influential figures during its first century as a city were neither British nor Chineseāthey were Malay or Indian, Jewish or Armenian, Parsi or Portuguese, Eurasian or Chindianāor simply, Hong Kongers. England describes those overlooked in history, including the opium traders who built synagogues and churches; ship owners carrying gold-rush migrants; the half-Dutch, half-Chinese gentleman with two wives who was knighted by Queen Victoria; and the gardeners who settled Kowloon, the mainland peninsula facing the island of Hong Kong, and became millionaires.
A story of empire, race, and sex, Fortuneās Bazaar presents a āfreshā¦essentialā (Ian Buruma), āformidable and importantā (The Correspondent) history of a special placeāa unique city made by diverse people of the world, whose part in its creation has never been properly told until now.
This book title, Fortune's Bazaar (The Making of Hong Kong), ISBN: 9781982184520, by Vaudine England, published by Scribner (December 31, 2045) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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