02773nam 2200613Ia 450 991081741330332120230617004800.01-281-36871-797866113687151-4039-8055-1(CKB)1000000000342667(EBL)307793(OCoLC)560469893(SSID)ssj0000156868(PQKBManifestationID)11946858(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156868(PQKBWorkID)10131216(PQKB)11596633(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8055-7(MiAaPQ)EBC307793(Au-PeEL)EBL307793(CaPaEBR)ebr10135700(CaONFJC)MIL136871(EXLCZ)99100000000034266720050318d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrForeign communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s /edited by Cindy Yik-yi Chu1st ed. 2005.New York Palgrave Macmillanc20051 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-53223-1 1-4039-7059-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 1950's; Suggestions for Further Reading; IndexThis collection of essays describes adaptations of minority ethnic groups to cross-cultural situations in Hong Kong from the 1840's through the 1950's. It aims to portray Hong Kong history through the perspectives of foreign communities - the British, Germans, Americans, Indians and Japanese - and to understand how they perceived the economic situation, political administration and culture of the colony.Ethnic groupsChinaHong KongHong Kong (China)HistoryChinaHistory19th centuryChinaHistory20th centuryEthnic groups305.8/0095125/09034Chu Cindy Yik-yi980359MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817413303321Foreign communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s3921148UNINA