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Cindy Yik-Yi Chu - Foreign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s - 9781403970596 - V9781403970596
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Foreign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s

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Description for Foreign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s Hardcover. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
This collection of essays describes adaptations of minority ethnic groups to cross-cultural situations in Hong Kong from the 1840s through the 1950s. It aims to portray Hong Kong history through the perspectives of foreign communities - the British, Germans, Americans, Indians and Japanese - and to understand how they perceived the economic situation, political administration and culture of the colony.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
209
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403970596
SKU
V9781403970596
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Cindy Yik-Yi Chu
Cindy Yik-yi Chu is a Professor in the Department of History at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Reviews for Foreign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s
"Despite Hong Kong's status as a cosmopolitan 'city of the world,' readers formerly searched in vain for a comprehensive and engaging collection of historical essays on the major non-Chinese populations in the former British colony. This volume of essays is the first to study the British, German, European, American, Japanese, and Indian communities there from 1841 to the early Cold ... Read more

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