TY - BOOK AU - John Keay TI - Empires End: : A History Of The Far East From High Colonialism To Hong Kong SN - 9780684815923 U1 - 951 KEA N2 - 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 ER -