Harbin to Hanoi: Colonial Built Environment in Asia, 1840 to 1940

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School of Modern Languages and Cultures The University of Hong Kong Series General Editor: H. W. Wong The Global Connections series explores the movement of ideas, people, technologies, capital, and goods across national and regional borders. Books in the series reveal how these interconnections have the power to produce new global forms of cultures, politics, identities, and economies. Seeking to explore the dynamics of change, the series includes both historical and contemporary topics. It focuses on interactions between the world’s diverse cultures through the production of new interdisciplinary knowledge. Also in the Global Connections series: Narratives of Free Trade: The Commercial Cultures of Early US-China Relations Edited by Kendall Johnson Europe and China: Strategic Partners or Rivals? Edited by Roland Vogt Harbin to Hanoi The Colonial Built Environment in Asia, 1840 to 1940 Edited by Laura Victoir and Victor Zatsepine Hong Kong University Press The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong www.hkupress.org© Hong Kong University Press 2013 ISBN 978-988-8139-41-5 (Hardback) ISBN 978-988-8139-42-2 (Paperback) All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy , recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed and bound by Paramount Printing Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong, China To the Main Building of HKU, which inspired us. ...