Hong Kong: Growth of the City
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"The "Growth of the City" series looks at the history of important world cities, charting their growth and changing fortunes from earliest times through to today. Using contemporary maps, paintings, etchings, woodcuts, and photographs, the series provides a visual appreciation of each city's growth. It also looks at the difficulties so many cities find in the way of prosperity - most often external forces in the form of military invasion or bombardment, but also the devastating natural killers: fire, flood, plague, or earthquake. A small trading port in the 19th century, it was as an entrepot of the British Empire that Hong Kong gained its status. After Japan's defeat in 1945 it became China's window on the west and developed into a leading commercial and financial center.
Author: Joan Waller
Format: Hardback, 160 pages, 210mm x 148mm
Published: 2008, Chartwell Books, United Kingdom
Genre: People & Places: General
Description
"The "Growth of the City" series looks at the history of important world cities, charting their growth and changing fortunes from earliest times through to today. Using contemporary maps, paintings, etchings, woodcuts, and photographs, the series provides a visual appreciation of each city's growth. It also looks at the difficulties so many cities find in the way of prosperity - most often external forces in the form of military invasion or bombardment, but also the devastating natural killers: fire, flood, plague, or earthquake. A small trading port in the 19th century, it was as an entrepot of the British Empire that Hong Kong gained its status. After Japan's defeat in 1945 it became China's window on the west and developed into a leading commercial and financial center.
Hong Kong: Growth of the City
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