Hong Kong in Chinese History : Community and Social Unrest in the British Colony, 1842-1913 / Jung-Fang Tsai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsai, Jung-fang, 1936- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hong Kong (China)--History.

Hong Kong (China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1993]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A study of urban community and social unrest in the British colony of Hong Kong from 1842 to 1913 that explores the evolution of a Chinese community under the leadership of a commercial elite and the changing social structure and relations between elite and populace in a society under alien rule.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

A Note on Romanization

Acknowledgments

Maps

Introduction

ONE: Historical Setting: The Making of an Entrepôt

TWO: A Frontier Settlement: The Chinese Community Under Alien Rule, 1840s-1860s

THREE: The Chinese Community in a Colonial Situation, the 1870s-1900s

FOUR: Coolies in the British Colony

FIVE: Popular Insurrection in 1884 During the Sino-French War

SIX: Coolie Unrest and Elitist Nationalism, 1887-1900

SEVEN: The Anti-American Boycott, 1905-6

EIGHT: The Anti-Japanese Boycott and Riot in 1908

NINE: Hong Kong in the Chinese Revolution, 1911-12

TEN: The Boycott of the Hong Kong Tramway, 1912-13

Conclusion

Notes

Character List

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231883849

0231883846

OCLC:

1100455889