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.
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Hong Kong in Chinese History
Community and Social Unrest in the British Colony, 1842–1913
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- English
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Hong Kong in Chinese History
Community and Social Unrest in the British Colony, 1842–1913
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Table of contents
- 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
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