Let There Be Light is a groundbreaking history of electrification in Hong Kong. Mark L. Clifford traces how a power company and its visionary founder jumpstarted the British colonyâ s postwar economic rise and set in motion far-reaching political and social change.
Let There Be Light is a groundbreaking history of electrification in Hong Kong. Mark L. Clifford traces how a power company and its visionary founder jumpstarted the British colonyâ s postwar economic rise and set in motion far-reaching political and social change.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Mark L. Clifford is president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation and the former executive director of the Asia Business Council. He was a director of Next Digital, publisher of the prodemocracy Apple Daily newspaper, and editor in chief of Hong Kong's two English-language newspapers, the South China Morning Post and The Standard. His books include The Greening of Asia: The Business Case for Solving Asia's Environmental Emergency (Columbia, 2015). Clifford lived in Hong Kong from 1992 to 2020.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Private Light and Colonial Power 2. In the Beginning: China Light & Power, 1900-1940 3. War, Occupation, and New Possibilities, 1941-1946 4. "The Problem of People," 1947-1958 5. Electricity as a Political Project, 1959-1964 6. "Die-Hard Reactionary" in the Expanding Colonial State, 1964-1973 7. "Intelligent Anticipation" for "1997 and All That," 1974-1982 8. Sing the City Electric Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
1. Private Light and Colonial Power 2. In the Beginning: China Light & Power, 1900-1940 3. War, Occupation, and New Possibilities, 1941-1946 4. "The Problem of People," 1947-1958 5. Electricity as a Political Project, 1959-1964 6. "Die-Hard Reactionary" in the Expanding Colonial State, 1964-1973 7. "Intelligent Anticipation" for "1997 and All That," 1974-1982 8. Sing the City Electric Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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