1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785298303321

Titolo

Colonial Hong Kong and modern China / / edited by Lee Pui-tak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2005

Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-282-70581-4

9786612705816

988-220-078-8

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

951.2505

Soggetti

Hong Kong (China) History

Hong Kong (China) Relations China

China Relations China Hong Kong

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; About the Contributors; INTRODUCTION; PART I : HISTORY OF HONG KONG; 1.The Common People in Hong Kong History: Their Livelihood and Aspirations Until the 1930s; 2.Religion in Hong Kong History; 3.The Sunday Rest Issue in Nineteenth Century Hong Kong; 4.Governorships of Lugard and May: Fears of Double Allegiance and Perceived Disloyalty; 5.The Making of a Market Town in Rural Hong Kong: The Luen Wo Market; 6.Recording a Rich Heritage: Research in Hong Kong's ""New Territories""; PART II : HONG KONG AND ITS RELATIONS WITH MODERN CHINA

7.The Contribution Made by Frederick Stewart (1836-1889) Through the Hong Kong Government Education System and Its Pupils, to the Modernization of China8.The Use of Sinology in the Nineteenth Century: Two Perspectives Revealed in the History of Hong Kong; 9.The Guangxi Clique and Hong Kong: Sanctuary in a Dangerous World; 10.Business and Radicalism: Hong Kong Chinese Merchants and the Chinese Communist Movement, 1921-1934; 11.Made in China or Made in Hong Kong? National Goods and the Hong Kong Business Community

12.Hong Kong's Economic Relations With China 1949-55: Blockade,Embargo and Financial ControlsNotes; Chinese Glossary; Chinese



Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The evolution of Hong Kong, as a British colony and now a Special Administrative Region at China's door step, has always been inextricably intertwined with the situation in China. This relationship is examined through various perspectives in this volume.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005762970403321

Autore

Ferrero, Ernesto

Titolo

I gerghi della malavita : dal Cinquecento a oggi / Ernesto Ferrero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Mondadori, 1972

Descrizione fisica

383 p. ; 19 cm

Collana

Oscar

Disciplina

457.0903

Locazione

FLFBC

BAT

BFS

Collocazione

457.0903 FER 1

F.Russo 1272

BON / FER 4

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia