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Between 1949 and 1997, Hong Kong transformed from a struggling British colonial outpost into a global financial capital. Made in Hong Kong 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.
Peter E. Hamilton explores the role of an overlooked transnational Chinese elite who fled to Hong Kong amid war and revolution. Despite losing material possessions, these industrialists, bankers, academics, and other professionals retained crucial connections to the United States. They used these relationships to enmesh themselves and Hong Kong with the U.S. through commercial ties and higher education. By the 1960s, Hong Kong had become a manufacturing powerhouse supplying American consumers, and by the 1970s it was the world’s largest sender of foreign students to American colleges and universities. Hong Kong’s reorientation toward U.S. international leadership enabled its transplanted Chinese elites to benefit from expanding American influence in Asia and positioned them to act as shepherds to China’s reengagement with global capitalism. After China’s reforms accelerated under Deng Xiaoping, Hong Kong became a crucial node for China’s export-driven development, connecting Chinese labor with the U.S. market.
Analyzing untapped archival sources from around the world, this book demonstrates why we cannot understand postwar globalization, China’s economic rise, or today’s Sino-U.S. trade relationship without centering Hong Kong.
Peter E. Hamilton explores the role of an overlooked transnational Chinese elite who fled to Hong Kong amid war and revolution. Despite losing material possessions, these industrialists, bankers, academics, and other professionals retained crucial connections to the United States. They used these relationships to enmesh themselves and Hong Kong with the U.S. through commercial ties and higher education. By the 1960s, Hong Kong had become a manufacturing powerhouse supplying American consumers, and by the 1970s it was the world’s largest sender of foreign students to American colleges and universities. Hong Kong’s reorientation toward U.S. international leadership enabled its transplanted Chinese elites to benefit from expanding American influence in Asia and positioned them to act as shepherds to China’s reengagement with global capitalism. After China’s reforms accelerated under Deng Xiaoping, Hong Kong became a crucial node for China’s export-driven development, connecting Chinese labor with the U.S. market.
Analyzing untapped archival sources from around the world, this book demonstrates why we cannot understand postwar globalization, China’s economic rise, or today’s Sino-U.S. trade relationship without centering Hong Kong.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Number of pages | 419 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780231545709 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780231184854, 9780231184847 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
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Made in Hong Kong : transpacific networks and a new history of globalization
Peter HAMILTON (Speaker) & Haomin GONG (Moderator)
7 Mar 2022Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
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Made in Hong Kong: A Conversation with Peter E. Hamilton
Peter E. HAMILTON (Discussant), Leo SHIN (Discussant) & Florence MOK (Discussant)
3 Nov 2021Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
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Made in Hong Kong: Transpacific Networks and a New History of Globalization = 香港製造:跨太平洋網絡與全球化新歷史
Peter HAMILTON (Speaker) & 倪墨杰 (Moderator)
7 Dec 2021Activity: Talks or Presentations › Public Lecture
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讀書|香港跨商、美國紅利和全球化,如何形塑今日的中美格局 Prof Peter Hamilton addresses history of China-US relations in his new book Made in Hong Kong: Transpacific Networks and a New History of Globalization
6/12/21
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