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03494aam a22003978i 4500 001 D2CD3A0AEE2E11ED8D85606C28ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230509010038 008 221102s2023 nyu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2022051400 020 $a 1982184515 020 $a 9781982184513 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a DS796.H757 $b E54 2023 082 00 $2 23/eng/20221102 100 1 $a England, Vaudine, $e author. 245 10 $a FORTUNE'S BAZAAR : $b THE MAKING OF HONG KONG / $c Vaudine England. 250 $a First Scribner hardcover edition. 263 $a 2305 264 1 $a New York : $b Scribner, $c 2023. 300 $a pages cm. 500 $a 2023/05/16 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "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 mixing pot of diverse populations from literally everywherearound the globe. A British Crown Colony for 155 years, Hong Kong is now ruled by the Chinese Communist Party who continues to threaten its democracy and put its rich legacy at risk. Here, renowned journalist Vaudine England delves into Hong Kong's complex history and its people-diverse, multi-cultural, cosmopolitan-who 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, Fortune's Bazaar is the first thorough examination of the varied peoples who made Hong Kong. While British traders and Asian merchants had long been busy in the Indian and South East Asian seas, there were many from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds who arrived in Hong Kong, met and married-despite all taboos-and created a distinct community. Many of Hong Kong's most influential figures during its first century as a city were neither British nor Chinese-they were Malay or Indian, Jewish or Armenian, Parsi or Portuguese, Eurasian or Chindian-or simply, Hong Kongers. England describes those overlooked in history including the opium-traders who built synagogues or churches, ship-owners carrying gold-rush migrants, property tycoons,and more. Here, too, is the visionary who plumbed Hong Kong's harbor depths to spur reclamation, the half-Dutch Chinese gentleman with two wives who was knighted by Queen Victoria, and the landscape gardeners who settled Kowloon and became millionaires.A story of empire, race, and sex, Fortune's Bazaar combines deep archival research and oral history to present a vivid history of a special place-a unique city made by diverse people of the world, whose part in its creation has never been properly told until now"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Hong Kong (China) $x History. 651 0 $a Hong Kong (China) $x Social life and customs. 650 0 $a Racially mixed people $z Hong Kong $z Hong Kong $x History. 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a England, Vaudine. $t Fortune's bazaar $b First Scribner hardcover edition. $d New York : Scribner, 2023 $z 9781982184537 $w (DLC) 2022051401 941 $a 5 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509012934.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20240206011242.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230802011058.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011739.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20230509010139.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D2CD3A0AEE2E11ED8D85606C28ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search