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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 691-709 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Historical Research |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 230 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2012 |
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Projecting Britishness to Hong Kong : the British Council and Hong Kong House, nineteen-fifties to nineteen-seventies. / HAMPTON, Mark.
In: Historical Research, Vol. 85, No. 230, 01.11.2012, p. 691-709.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed)
TY - JOUR
T1 - Projecting Britishness to Hong Kong : the British Council and Hong Kong House, nineteen-fifties to nineteen-seventies
AU - HAMPTON, Mark
N1 - Earlier versions of this article were presented to the 2010 ‘Crossroads’ conference of the Association for Cultural Studies, and to the history department seminar at Hong Kong University.
PY - 2012/11/1
Y1 - 2012/11/1
N2 - This article examines post-war British cultural diplomacy in Hong Kong, focusing on the British Council and Hong Kong House. Drawing on colonial office, British Council and Hong Kong government archival collections, it argues that neither the British nor Hong Kong governments placed a high priority on promoting British cultural values to the Hong Kong Chinese. Moreover, even this limited emphasis declined after the late nineteen-sixties, reflecting both Britain's retreat from what John Darwin calls the 'empire project' and the emergence of a more pronounced Hong Kong local identity.
AB - This article examines post-war British cultural diplomacy in Hong Kong, focusing on the British Council and Hong Kong House. Drawing on colonial office, British Council and Hong Kong government archival collections, it argues that neither the British nor Hong Kong governments placed a high priority on promoting British cultural values to the Hong Kong Chinese. Moreover, even this limited emphasis declined after the late nineteen-sixties, reflecting both Britain's retreat from what John Darwin calls the 'empire project' and the emergence of a more pronounced Hong Kong local identity.
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/2371
U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2012.00611.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2012.00611.x
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
VL - 85
SP - 691
EP - 709
JO - Historical Research
JF - Historical Research
SN - 0950-3471
IS - 230
ER -