Global Hong Kong

<p><em>Global Hong Kong</em> locates Hong Kong in the contemporary globalizing world. Hong Kong as the authors argue is an archetypal place sitting at the intersection of East and West. It is also a major center for global capital flows and world trade. Moreover in recent years the island's global cultural power has become increasingly evident as Hong Kong popular culture has spread to the West via a booming film industry. While looking at issues of postcoloniality transnationalism and economic globalization Wong and McDonogh focus on the new cultures and social formations of contemporary Hong Kong as well as the transformation of the physical city itself. They also trace the new interconnections - economic demographic social and cultural - between Hong Kong and other parts of the worldthat have benn fostered by globalization.<br>Books in this series look at how nations and regions across the world are navigating the tumultuous currents of globalization. Concise descriptive interdisciplinary and theoretically informed they serve as ideal introductions to the peoples and places of our increasingly globalized world.</p>