Empire's End: A History of the Far East from High Colonialism to Hong Kong by John Keay

Empire's End: A History of the Far East from High Colonialism to Hong Kong

John Keay

385 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
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On July 1, 1997, the last European-ruled province in Asia, Hong Kong, will revert to Chinese rule, marking the first time in 500 years that Europe did not have a colonial presence on the continent. During much of that five-century span, Keay write...

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