Hong Kong Takes Flight: Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Global Hub, 1930s-1998

by John D Wong and John D. Wong

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674278267
• ISBN13: 9780674278264
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"