Hong Kong in Chinese History: Community and Social Unrest in the British Colony, 1842–1913

Jung-Fang Tsai

Published by Columbia University Press 1993

Hong Kong in Chinese History

Community and Social Unrest in the British Colony, 1842–1913

Jung-Fang Tsai

https://doi.org/10.7312/tsai91458

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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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
A Note on Romanization Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Maps Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
ONE: Historical Setting: The Making of an Entrepôt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
TWO: A Frontier Settlement: The Chinese Community Under Alien Rule, 1840s-1860s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
THREE: The Chinese Community in a Colonial Situation, the 1870s–1900s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
FOUR: Coolies in the British Colony Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
FIVE: Popular Insurrection in 1884 During the Sino-French War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
SIX: Coolie Unrest and Elitist Nationalism, 1887–1900 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
SEVEN: The Anti-American Boycott, 1905–6 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
EIGHT: The Anti-Japanese Boycott and Riot in 1908 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
NINE: Hong Kong in the Chinese Revolution, 1911–12 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
TEN: The Boycott of the Hong Kong Tramway, 1912–13 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Character List Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 378

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Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231883849