... past. 'In July 1997 the British handed over control of their last major colony, Hong Kong. Britain's Guardian newspaper described the handover of Hong Kong as the end of an era of European empire building that began five centuries ago, 'the eclipse of an empire that lasted more than 400 years ago'.' (Cloke et al, 2005: 334) Officially the term 'the post colonial' came into human geography July 1st 1997; this was because the last European colony fell. The city of Hong Kong was given back to China after 156 years of British colonial reign. (Guardian, 1997:1) However saying this post-colonialism had been discussed widely by human geographers main years before hand. Post colonialism looks at what has occurred since the fall of the major European empires. 'Post-colonial studies developed as a way of addressing the cultural production of those societies affected by the historical phenomenon of colonialism.' (Ashcroft 2001:7) Seeing most of the ...

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