num_pages: 384
description: As the British prepare to disengage themselves from Hong Kong, a study of the involvement of Europe and America in the Far East explores more than five hundred years of Western colonial presence in Asia and speculates about the future of the region's political and economic geography. 15,000 first printing.
language: English
title: EMPIRES END: A History of the Far East from High Colonialism to Hong Kong
titlecomplete: EMPIRES END: A History of the Far East from High Colonialism to Hong Kong
genres: China, British Literature, Asia, History
ratings_count: 30
publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons