Hong Kong in Chinese History: Community and Social Unrest in the British Colony, 1842-1913This historical study traces unrest and social transformation in Hong Kong and explores how merchants, the intelligentsia and labourers played important roles in China's social and political movements from the mid-19th century until the first years of the Chinese Republic. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Making of an Entrepôt | 17 |
The Chinese Community | 36 |
FOUR Coolies in the British Colony | 103 |
SIX Coolie Unrest and Elitist Nationalism 18871900 | 147 |
NINE Hong Kong in the Chinese Revolution 191112 | 238 |
TEN The Boycott of the Hong Kong Tramway 191213 | 270 |
Conclusion | 288 |
Notes | 297 |
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363 | |
Common terms and phrases
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