Introduction: Why Hong Kong? -- Reading Hong Kong in place and time -- Origins and growth, 1840s-1930s -- Transformations of Hong Kong, 1930-1970 -- Toward the twenty-first century: speed and paradox -- Hong Kong and its regional context -- Hong Kong and cities of East Asia -- Diasporic Hong Kong

"Decades of rapid economic growth in East Asia mask diverse national paths. Analyzing ten countries over forty years, the book identifies three major regime types and their discrete economic paradigms, some vastly successful, others mired in failure. In closing, the book shows how shifting...