03168nam 22007695 450 991097329180332120240508223044.09786611368715978128136871312813687179781403980557140398055110.1057/9781403980557(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(Perlego)3497866(EXLCZ)99100000000034266720160103d2005 u| 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrForeign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s /by C. Chu1st ed. 2005.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2005.1 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781349532230 1349532231 9781403970596 1403970599 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 1840s through the 1950s. 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.AsiaHistoryAsiaPolitics and governmentChinaHistoryAsian HistoryAsian PoliticsHistory of ChinaAsiaHistory.AsiaPolitics and government.ChinaHistory.Asian History.Asian Politics.History of China.305.8/0095125/09034Chu Cindy Yik-yi980359MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973291803321Foreign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s4328028UNINA