Table of Contents

List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; 1. Enigma; 2. Intermediaries of capital; 3. From Canton to Hong Kong; 4. Hub of the China trade; 5. Chinese and foreign social networks of capital; 6. Trade and finance center for Asia; 7. Industrial metropolis; 8. Global metropolis for Asia; 9. Hong Kong, China; Bibliography; Index.

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The history of Hong Kong as a metropolis since its foundations to its handover to China in 1997.

Reviews

'Meyer has provided an excellent and much-needed empirical account of Hong Kong's economic development and applied a new theoretical framework to explain it.' The English Historical Review 'This is an eminently readable and fascinating analysis of how and why a major metropolis has been able to establish and then sustain its position within Asia and the wider global urban system ... it deserves not to be overlooked by those analysing current processes of change and development in the world's major metropolises.' Progress in Human Geography