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Foreign devils : expatriates in Hong Kong / May Holdsworth ; with additional text by Caroline Courtauld.
Van Pelt Library DS796.H79 H65 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holdsworth, May.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- British--China--Hong Kong.
- British.
- Hong Kong (China)--History--Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997.
- Hong Kong (China).
- Hong Kong (China)--Social conditions.
- China--Hong Kong.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Who are They? ix
- 1 'Braveheart' in China 1
- 2 Merchants 10
- 3 Ministers and Mandarins 32
- 4 Some of the Governors 56
- 5 Money Makes the World Go Round 80
- 6 Cops and Robbers 103
- 7 Missionaries 128
- 8 The Quality of Life 152
- 9 Fish Climbing Up a Tree 175
- 10 Trailing Spouses and Single Women 200
- 11 A Small World 225
- 12 Healthy Pleasures 249
- Just Another Chinese City? 273.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195924371
- OCLC:
- 49420258
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