ISSN:
0305-7410
Quelle:
Cambridge Journals Digital Archives
Thema:
Allgemeine und vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft. Indogermanistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen und Literaturen
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Geschichte
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Politikwissenschaft
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Sociologie
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Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Notizen:
In 1983 when The China Quarterly published a special issue on Hong Kong, I attempted to synthesize the history of its urban social life, coining the term “Hong Kong Man” to describe what I considered to be the emergence of an identifiable unique social animal. Hong Kong Man, I suggested, was neither Chinese nor British. I characterized him as quick-thinking, flexible, tough for survival, excitement-craving, sophisticated in material tastes, and self-made in a strenuously competitive world. He operated in the context of a most uncertain future, control over which was in the hands of others, and for this as well as for historical reasons he lived “life in the short term”.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0305741000032367
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