1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000081710203316

Autore

ZAMAGNI, Vera

Titolo

Dalla rivoluzione industriale all'integrazione europea : breve storia economica dell'Europa contemporanea / Vera Zamagni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna, : Il mulino, 1999

ISBN

88-15-07338-8

Descrizione fisica

251 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

Collana

Universale paperbacks Il mulino ; 367

Disciplina

330.94028

Soggetti

Economia - Europa - Sec. 19.-20

Collocazione

330.940 ZAM 1 (ISE I 342)

330.940 ZAM 1a(V 7 B 118)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910800049603321

Autore

Ren Hai <1965-, >

Titolo

Neoliberalism and culture in China and Hong Kong : the countdown of timbslqwe / / Hai Ren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-92364-0

1-136-92365-9

1-282-91293-3

9786612912931

0-203-84493-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Routledge Contemporary China Series

Disciplina

951.2505

Soggetti

Culture and globalization - China

Globalization - China

Neoliberalism - China

China Economic conditions 2000-

Hong Kong (China) History Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997 Economic aspects

Hong Kong (China) History Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997 Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The role of reunification with Hong Kong in the neoliberalization of the Chinese state; 1 The Hong Kong question: From sovereignty to government; 2 The affective economy of the Hong Kong countdown: Media convergence, public feelings, and neoliberal subjectivity; 3 History as a governmental discourse; 4 Morality and pleasure in the synchronization with the world; 5 The super-firm in spatial representations of socialism and capitalism; 6 Memories of the future in Hong Kong

Conclusion: Is China truly neoliberal, or a state with neoliberal characteristics?Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the period leading up to the Hong Kong handover



in 1997 - the 'countdown of time', and by using iconic cultural symbols such as the countdown clock, the Hong Kong Museum exhibitions and cultural heritage sites, argues that China has undergone a transition to neoliberal state, in part through its reunification with Hong Kong.The problem of synchronization with the world, a Chinese phrase that epitomizes China's engagement with modern capitalism since the first Opium War, was characterized throughout the 20th century as a 'humiliation', 'weakness', 'tragedy' and 'dis