Hong Kong Takes Flight Hardcover by John D. Wong

Product Details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press (2022-09-27)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 360 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780674278264
• Item Weight: 567.0 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

Commercial aviation took shape in Hong Kong as the city developed into a powerful economy. Rather than accepting air travel as an inevitability in the era of global mobility, John Wong argues that Hong Kong’s development into a regional and global airline hub was not preordained. By underscoring the shifting process through which this hub emerged, Hong Kong Takes Flight aims to describe globalization and global networks in the making. Viewing the globalization of the city through the prism of its airline industry, Wong examines how policymakers and businesses asserted themselves against international partners and competitors in a bid to accrue socioeconomic benefits, negotiated their interests in Hong Kong’s economic success, and articulated their expressions of modernity.

About the Author

John D. Wong is Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, The University of Hong Kong.