Foreign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s–1950sThis 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. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Early Beginnings of British Community 18411898 | 17 |
3 British Attitudes toward Hong Kong in the Nineteenth Century | 39 |
4 NineteenthCentury German Community | 60 |
5 Catholic Church between Two World Wars | 85 |
6 Making of a Japanese Community in Prewar Period 18411941 | 110 |
7 Stanley Civilian Internment Camp during Japanese Occupation | 133 |
8 Migrants from India and Their Relations with British and Chinese Residents | 155 |
9 American China Hands in the 1950s | 171 |
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