{"product_id":"the-fall-of-hong-kong-philip-snow-9780300103731","title":"The Fall of Hong Kong: Britain, China, and the Japanese Occupation","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive account of the wartime history of Hong Kong\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On Christmas Day 1941 the Japanese captured Hong Kong, and Britain lost control of its Chinese colony for almost four years, a turning point in the process by which the British were to be expelled from the colony and from East Asia. This book unravels for the first time the dramatic story of the Japanese occupation and reinterprets the subsequent evolution of Hong Kong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Magnificent. . . . The clarity of mind Snow brings to his labor of storytelling and contextualizing [is] amazing.\"--John Lanchester, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Beautifully written, with many telling anecdotes.\"--Lawrence D. Freedman, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Very good. . . . [Provides] a much more nuanced picture than has appeared before in English of life among Hong Kong's different communities before and during the Japanese occupation.\"--\u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Snow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300103735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300103731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.24w x 1.40d","brand":"Philip Snow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44311015325951,"sku":"9780300103731","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9876e42-7d3c-4766-8494-e80f7e4fd082.jpg?v=1695720648","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fall-of-hong-kong-philip-snow-9780300103731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}