In this Book
- Power and Charity: A Chinese Merchant Elite in Colonial Hong Kong (with a new preface)
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
- Series: Echoes: Classics of Hong Kong Culture and History
summary
Through the history of a charitable institution, the Tung Wah Hospital, Elizabeth Sinn reshapes and greatly deepens our understanding of the evolving interactions between the Chinese community in Hong Kong and the colonial rulers.
Table of Contents
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- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- pp. ix-xxiii
- Preface to the Original Edition
- pp. xxvii-xxviii
- Abbreviations
- p. xxix
- Romanization
- p. xxx
- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- 6: Crisis: The Plague, 1894
- pp. 159-183
- 7: A New Crisis: Toward Integration
- pp. 184-208
- Appendices
- pp. 267-278
- Bibliography
- pp. 283-296
Additional Information
ISBN
9789882202504
Related ISBN(s)
9789622096691
MARC Record
OCLC
654826578
Pages
340
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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