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Power and charity : a Chinese merchant elite in colonial Hong Kong / Elizabeth Sinn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sinn, Elizabeth.
- Series:
- Echoes : classics of Hong Kong culture and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dong hua yi yuan (Hong Kong, China)--History.
- Dong hua yi yuan (Hong Kong, China).
- Hospital and community--China--Hong Kong--History.
- Hospital and community.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; Plates; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; Abbreviations; Romanization; Introduction; 1 The Chinese Community before the Tung Wah Hospital; 2 The Origin of the Tung Wah Hospital; 3 Management, Organization, and Development, 1869-1894; 4 The Tung Wah Hospital Committee as the Local Elite; 5 Criticism, Confrontation, and Control; 6 Crisis: The Plague, 1894; 7 A New Crisis: Toward Integration; Epilogue; Notes; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Originally published: Hong Kong; Oxford: Oxford University, 1989.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-70385-4
- 9786612703850
- 988-220-250-0
- OCLC:
- 654826578
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