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Price: £32.00
Pages: 472
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Publication Date:
01 December 2012
Trim Size: 9.10 X 6.30 in
ISBN: 9789888139712
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
"Through vivid stories embedded in complicated and evolving global interconnections, Sinn has produced a generous and abundantly researched account of Hong Kong." --Madeline Y. Hsu, China Information
"No one . . . has explored the historical links between Hong Kong and California as thoroughly and as innovatively as Elizabeth Sinn does in Pacific Crossing." --John M. Carroll, American Historical Review
"This is a tour de force a closely focused history, rich in detail, well balanced, generously footnoted, yet eminently readable." --Hugh D. R. Baker, The China Quarterly
"This is a pioneering work in many ways . . . [It] not only fills big gaps in our grasp of Hong Kong's role in international migration but helps set the agenda for future research on it." --Gregor Benton, Journal of Chinese Studies
"No one . . . has explored the historical links between Hong Kong and California as thoroughly and as innovatively as Elizabeth Sinn does in Pacific Crossing." --John M. Carroll, American Historical Review
"This is a tour de force a closely focused history, rich in detail, well balanced, generously footnoted, yet eminently readable." --Hugh D. R. Baker, The China Quarterly
"This is a pioneering work in many ways . . . [It] not only fills big gaps in our grasp of Hong Kong's role in international migration but helps set the agenda for future research on it." --Gregor Benton, Journal of Chinese Studies
Elizabeth Sinn is the author of Power and Charity A Chinese Merchant Elite in Colonial Hong Kong.