02718nam 22006014a 450 991045494640332120200520144314.00-674-02923-210.4159/9780674029231(CKB)1000000000786840(SSID)ssj0000143959(PQKBManifestationID)11152593(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143959(PQKBWorkID)10119899(PQKB)11236500(MiAaPQ)EBC3300139(DE-B1597)457575(OCoLC)979739798(DE-B1597)9780674029231(Au-PeEL)EBL3300139(CaPaEBR)ebr10313856(OCoLC)923109357(EXLCZ)99100000000078684020040922d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEdge of empires[electronic resource] Chinese elites and British colonials in Hong Kong /John M. CarrollCambridge, Mass. ;London, Eng. Harvard University Press2005xii, 260 p. mapBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-01701-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-252) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Romanization -- Introduction -- 1. Colonialism and Collaboration: Chinese Subjects and the Making of British Hong Kong -- 2. A Better Class of Chinese: Building the Emporium of the East -- 3. Strategic Balance: Status and Respect in the Colonial Context -- 4. A Place of Their Own: Clubs and Associations -- 5. Nationalism and Identity: The Case of Ho Kai -- 6. Preserving Hong Kong: The Strike-Boycott of 1925-1926 -- 7. Transforming the Barren Island: The 1941 Centenary -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- IndexIn Edge of Empires, Carroll situates Hong Kong squarely within the framework of both Chinese and British colonial history, while exploring larger questions about the meaning and implications of colonialism in modern history.Chinese elites and British colonials in Hong KongHISTORY / Asia / ChinabisacshHong Kong (China)HistoryChinaHistory1861-1912ChinaHistoryRepublic, 1912-1949Electronic books.HISTORY / Asia / China.951.25/04Carroll John M(John Mark),1961-1048527MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454946403321Edge of empires2476871UNINA