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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808421003321
• 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.