Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of illustrations viii
5. Preface and acknowledgements ix
6. Abbreviations xi
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Hong Kong and British culture 15
9. 2 The discourse of unbridled capitalism in postwar Hong Kong 42
10. 3 A man’s playground 72
11. 4 The discourses of order and modernisation 100
12. 5 Good governance 131
13. 6 Chinese Britishness 160
14. 7 Narratives of 1997 186
15. Epilogue 211
16. Select bibliography 219
17. Index 230