Few Winds and Rains - Hong Kong`s Early Social Images 1911-1950
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Few Winds and Rains - Hong Kong`s Early Social Images 1911-1950: Since Sun Yat-sen and other revolutionaries launched the Revolution of 1911, and the extensive strikes in the 1920s, the Pacific War in the late 1930s, the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in the 1940s, the power of mainland changed a lot in 1949. Hong Kong has experienced ups and downs in the forty years of political and social turmoil.However, the pace of development in Hong Kong has not been messy, and Hong Kong has gradually developed from a rural fishing port to a center of industrial and commercial finance.Through these rare historical pictures and a large amount of materials, the author CHENG Po Hung witnessed every step that Hong Kong has gone through with fighting spirit.The Feature of this Book:1. The book covers 20 topics, including China and Hong Kong, celebrities, society and population, transportation, finance and economy, industry and commerce, land development and housing, with a large number of pictures with short introductions to show the development and life in Hong Kong from 1911 to 1950.2. The author writes a short essay for both chapters to summarize the major events and highlights in the period, so that readers can have a general understanding of the subject before browsing the pictures.3. This book contains a large number of precious pictures and over 260 pieces of files. Most of them are first open to the public and have precious historical value. Ebook.

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ISBN (andere Schreibweisen): 962-07-5636-3, 978-962-07-5636-8