Hong Kong
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Hong Kong

Economic, Social, and Political Studies in Development, with a Comprehensive Bibliography

  1. 410 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Hong Kong

Economic, Social, and Political Studies in Development, with a Comprehensive Bibliography

About this book

This title was first published in 1979: Hong Kong's successful transformation from traditional entrepot economy into a major industrial city-state and an important financial centre in the fr East has often been acclaimed as one of the 'economic miracles' in the history of the modern world. Within the thirty years, the per capita income has increased about 13 times (reaching nearly US $ 3, 000 in 1978) and ranked third in the entire Far East region, second only to Japan and Singapore, while Hong Kong's total exports multiplied 11 times ranking 20th in the whole world. in A collection of essays exploring the economic growth and structural change, including features if the Chinese family; population and housing problems; a study of material gains and impact on life-satisfaction.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780873321518
eBook ISBN
9781351715027

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Preface
  7. I. ECONOMIC GROWTH AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE
  8. II. SOCIAL DYNAMICS
  9. III. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
  10. IV. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
  11. V. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  12. VI. APPENDICES
  13. VII. ABOUT THE AUTHORS