| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 340 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Hong Kong culture and society |
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Hong Kong culture and society.
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| Contents |
The malling of Hong Kong / Tai-lok Lui -- Making house into home: interior design in Hong Kong public housing / Nuala Rooney -- Consuming cinema: reflections on movies and market-places in contemporary Hong Kong / Cindy Hing-yuk Wong and Gary W. McDonogh -- Hierarchy of drinks: alcohol and social class in Hong Kong / Eric Kit-wai Ma -- Shopping for fashion in Hong Kong / Annie Hau-nung Chan -- The sense of things: Chinese art in the lives of Hong Kong collectors and connoisseurs / Eric Otto Wear -- Consuming a dream: homes in advertisements and imagination in contemporary Hong Kong / Helen Hau-ling Cheng -- Consuming places in Hong Kong: experiencing Lan Kwai Fong / Sea-ling Cheng -- The McDonald's Snoopy craze in Hong Kong / Joseph Bosco -- Cultural identity and consumption in post-colonial Hong Kong / Gordon Mathews |
| Summary |
Consumption forms an essential part of Hong Kong people's lives today, but until now little serious attention has been paid to it. This book fills this gap, in a fascinating way |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| In |
HKU Press digital editions |
| Subject |
Consumer behavior -- China -- Hong Kong
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Consumption (Economics) -- China -- Hong Kong
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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Consumer behavior
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Consumption (Economics)
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Economic history
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| SUBJECT |
Hong Kong (China) -- Economic conditions
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| Subject |
China -- Hong Kong
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mathews, Gordon, editor.
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Lü, Dale, editor.
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| ISBN |
9789882200876 |
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9882200877 |
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128270589X |
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9781282705890 |
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