{"product_id":"made-in-hong-kong-9780231184854","title":"Made in Hong Kong","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween 1949 and 1997, Hong Kong transformed from a struggling British colonial outpost into a global financial capital. \u003ci\u003eMade in Hong Kong\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a new narrative of this metamorphosis, revealing Hong Kong both as a critical engine in the expansion and remaking of postwar global capitalism and as the linchpin of Sino-U.S. trade since the 1970s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a magnificent book on how Hong Kong helped create concepts of the global.  It is a very important contribution to our understanding of how postwar capitalism intensified and expanded. -- Odd Arne Westad, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cold War: A World History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHamilton highlights the dynamic, multilayered commercial, financial, family, and cultural networks between Hong Kong and the U.S., and unravels the deep-rooted ties established by students, industrialists, bankers, and academics over decades and generations. A sensitive, scholarly, and articulate study of migration, global capitalism, and U.S.-China and U.S.-Hong Kong relations. So timely. -- Elizabeth Sinn, author of \u003ci\u003ePacific Crossing: California Gold, Chinese Migration, and the Making of Hong Kong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ambitious, provocative, and pathbreaking interpretation of the contributions of Hong Kong business elites to Sino-U.S. relations in the twentieth century. This work represents a major contribution to both international and economic history by raising questions and illuminating the nature of transnational networks and business institutions. -- Priscilla Roberts, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eHong Kong in the Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote on Language\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Made in Hong Kong: Transpacific Networks and a New History of Globalization\u003cbr\u003e1. Capitalist Transplants: Elite Refugees and the First Reorientations of Hong Kong\u003cbr\u003e2. Christian Transplants: Nonelite Refugees and American Educational Outreach\u003cbr\u003e3. Cold War Partners: Hong Kong’s “Refugee Colleges” and American Aid\u003cbr\u003e4. The Turning Point: Li Choh-ming and Kuashang Strategies at Chinese University\u003cbr\u003e5. Decolonization by Investment: American Social and Financial Capital in Hong Kong\u003cbr\u003e6. The Kuashang Effect: American Social Capital and Hong Kong’s 1970s Takeoff\u003cbr\u003e7. Leading the Way: Kuashang Brokers in China, 1971–1982\u003cbr\u003e8. The Gatekeepers: Kuashang Strategies and a New Global Order, 1982–1992\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations in Notes\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864258457943,"sku":"9780231184854","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231184854.jpg?v=1722271108","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/made-in-hong-kong-9780231184854","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}