Reluctant heroes : rickshaw pullers in Hong Kong and Canton, 1874-1954 / Chi Ming Fung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fung, Chi Ming.

Contributor:

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Series:

Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.

Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rickshaw men--China--Hong Kong--Social conditions.

Rickshaw men.

Rickshaw men--China--Guangzhou--Social conditions.

Transportation--China--Hong Kong--History--20th century.

Transportation.

Transportation--China--Guangzhou--History--20th century.

Transportation--China--Hong Kong--History--19th century.

Transportation--China--Guangzhou--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; [London : Eurospan, distributor], c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reluctant Heroes is a fascinating study of rickshaw pullers in Hong Kong and Canton.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Editorial Conventions; Introduction; Part One - Across the Colonial Matrix; 1.A City of Sojourners and Transients; 2.The Urban Workplace and Street Politics; 3.British Rule and Chinese Valiancy, up to 1926; Part Two - Republical Canton 1911-38; 4.Evolution of a New Civic Paradigm; 5.Partisan Politics and the 1927 Insurrection; 6.Reforms on the Municipal Agenda in the 1930s; Part Three - Within A Fast - Changing Context; 7.Growing Passion for Change, up to 1941; 8.Surviving in the Pacific War, 1937-45

9.Rise to the Postwar Zenith of Activism10.Establishing a New Agenda, up to the 1950s; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-70396-X

9786612703966

988-220-265-9

OCLC:

651038398