Format:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 209 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1403970599
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1403980551
Content:
Describes adaptations of minority ethnic groups to cross-cultural situations in Hong Kong from the 1840s through the 1950s. This book aims to portray Hong Kong history through the perspectives of foreign communities - the British, Germans, Americans, Indians and Japanese
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Contents; Preface; A Note on Romanization; About the Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Early Beginnings of British Community (1841-1898); 3 British Attitudes toward Hong Kong in the Nineteenth Century; 4 Nineteenth-Century German Community; 5 Catholic Church between Two World Wars; 6 Making of a Japanese Community in Prewar Period (1841-1941); 7 Stanley Civilian Internment Camp during Japanese Occupation; 8 Migrants from India and Their Relations with British and Chinese Residents; 9 American "China Hands" in the 1950s; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781403970596
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Foreign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s
Language:
English
