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Anglo-China, Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1870
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Anglo-China
Author: Christopher Munn
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113683852X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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A study of the first three decades of British rule in Hong Kong, focusing on the troubled and controversial process of establishing a British colony at Hong Kong and on the reception of British rule by people in the region.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113683852X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
A study of the first three decades of British rule in Hong Kong, focusing on the troubled and controversial process of establishing a British colony at Hong Kong and on the reception of British rule by people in the region.
Anglo-China, Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1870
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The Taking of Hong Kong
Author: Susanna Hoe
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136822496
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 313
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Relations between Britain and China have, for over 150 years, been inextricably bound up with the taking of Hong Kong Island on 26 January 1841. The man responsible, Britain's plenipotentiary Captain Charles Elliot, was recalled by his government in disgrace and has been vilified ever since by China. This book describes the taking of Hong Kong from Elliot's point of view for the first time '- through the personal letters of himself and his wife Clara '- and shows a man of intelligence, conscience and humanitarian instincts. The book gives new insights into Sino-British relations of the period. Because these are now being re-assessed both historically and for the future, revelations about Elliot's role, intentions and analysis are significant and could make an important difference to our understanding of the dynamics of these relations. On a different level, the book explores how Charles the private man, with his wife by his side, experienced events, rather than how Elliot the public figure reported them to the British government. The work is therefore of great historiographical interest.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136822496
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 313
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Relations between Britain and China have, for over 150 years, been inextricably bound up with the taking of Hong Kong Island on 26 January 1841. The man responsible, Britain's plenipotentiary Captain Charles Elliot, was recalled by his government in disgrace and has been vilified ever since by China. This book describes the taking of Hong Kong from Elliot's point of view for the first time '- through the personal letters of himself and his wife Clara '- and shows a man of intelligence, conscience and humanitarian instincts. The book gives new insights into Sino-British relations of the period. Because these are now being re-assessed both historically and for the future, revelations about Elliot's role, intentions and analysis are significant and could make an important difference to our understanding of the dynamics of these relations. On a different level, the book explores how Charles the private man, with his wife by his side, experienced events, rather than how Elliot the public figure reported them to the British government. The work is therefore of great historiographical interest.
Anglo-China
Author: Christopher Munn
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136838457
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
A study of the first three decades of British rule in Hong Kong, focusing on the troubled and controversial process of establishing a British colony at Hong Kong and on the reception of British rule by people in the region.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136838457
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 487
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A study of the first three decades of British rule in Hong Kong, focusing on the troubled and controversial process of establishing a British colony at Hong Kong and on the reception of British rule by people in the region.
Precarious Balance
Author: Ming K. Chan
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9781563243806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This work closely considers the history and political importance of Hong Kong in the period 1842 to 1992.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9781563243806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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This work closely considers the history and political importance of Hong Kong in the period 1842 to 1992.
Edge of Empires
Author: John M. Carroll
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674017016
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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In an engaging, revisionist study, John M. Carroll argues that in the century after the Opium War, Hong Kong's colonial nature helped create a local Chinese business elite. By the end of the nineteenth century, the colonial government saw Chinese businessmen as allies in establishing Hong Kong as a commercial center. The idea of a commercially vibrant China united them. Chinese and British leaders cooperated on issues of mutual concern, such as the expansion of capitalism and political and economic directions for an ailing China. These Chinese also found opportunities in the colonial system to develop business and commerce. In doing so, they used Hong Kong's strategic position to underscore their own identity as a distinctive group unlike their mainland counterparts. Nationalism took on a specifically Hong Kong character. At the same time, by contributing to imperial war funds, organizing ceremonies for visiting British royalty, and attending imperial trade exhibitions, the Chinese helped make Hong Kong an active member of the global British Empire. In Edge of Empires, Carroll situates Hong Kong squarely within the framework of both Chinese and British colonial history, while exploring larger questions about the meaning and implications of colonialism in modern history.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674017016
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
In an engaging, revisionist study, John M. Carroll argues that in the century after the Opium War, Hong Kong's colonial nature helped create a local Chinese business elite. By the end of the nineteenth century, the colonial government saw Chinese businessmen as allies in establishing Hong Kong as a commercial center. The idea of a commercially vibrant China united them. Chinese and British leaders cooperated on issues of mutual concern, such as the expansion of capitalism and political and economic directions for an ailing China. These Chinese also found opportunities in the colonial system to develop business and commerce. In doing so, they used Hong Kong's strategic position to underscore their own identity as a distinctive group unlike their mainland counterparts. Nationalism took on a specifically Hong Kong character. At the same time, by contributing to imperial war funds, organizing ceremonies for visiting British royalty, and attending imperial trade exhibitions, the Chinese helped make Hong Kong an active member of the global British Empire. In Edge of Empires, Carroll situates Hong Kong squarely within the framework of both Chinese and British colonial history, while exploring larger questions about the meaning and implications of colonialism in modern history.
A Borrowed Place
Author: Frank Welsh
Publisher: Kodansha
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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About the history of Hong Kong from ancient times until 1993.
Publisher: Kodansha
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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About the history of Hong Kong from ancient times until 1993.
The Private Life of Old Hong Kong
Author: Susanna Hoe
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This book presents a history of western women in Hong Kong and the Canton delta from the earliest years of the colony.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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This book presents a history of western women in Hong Kong and the Canton delta from the earliest years of the colony.
A Critical Study of the First Anglo-Chinese War
Author: Pin-chia Kuo
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Languages : en
Pages : 338
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