Strong to save : maritime mission in Hong Kong, from Whampoa reach to the mariners' club / Stephen Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Stephen, author.

Series:

Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.

Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merchant mariners--Missions and charities.

Merchant mariners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 605 pages), 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Kowloon, Hong Kong : City University of Hong Kong Press, [2017]

Summary:

This is a history of one of the most enduring institutions of Hong Kong, and the first of its kind. Using the Club's own records as well as a wide range of sources both from within Hong Kong and from the seafaring world at large, this is a comprehensive account of the life of the Missions, the tenancy of the different chaplains, managers, and stewards, the changes in seafaring practices and shipping, and the transformation of Hong Kong itself.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

A Note on Organization and Building Names

Prologue: Missions, the Sea, and Hong Kong

Part I Making a Departure

Part II Church and Mission

Part III War and Recovery

Part IV Adapting to a New World

Part V Definitive Moves

Acknowledgements

Appendix 1 Timeline

Appendix 2 Chairmen of the Local General Committees (of the Sailors Home and Seamens Institute/Sailors Home and Missions to Seamen/Mariners Club)

Appendix 3 Chaplains, Assistant Chaplains, and Readers

Appendix 4 Managers

Appendix 5 Superintendents, Stewards, Assistants, and Clerks of the Sailors Home

Appendix 6 Launches

Endnotes

Bibliography

Webliography

Copyright Attributions

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

962-937-534-6