Edge of Empires: Chinese Elites and British Colonials in Hong KongIn 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Colonialism and Collaboration Chinese Subjects and the Making of British Hong Kong | 16 |
A Better Class of Chinese Building the Emporium of the East | 37 |
Strategic Balance Status and Respect in the Colonial Context | 58 |
A Place of Their Own Clubs and Associations | 84 |
Nationalism and Identity The Case of Ho Kai | 108 |
Preserving Hong Kong The StrikeBoycott of 19251926 | 131 |
Transforming the Barren Island The 1941 Centenary | 159 |
Conclusion | 182 |
Notes | 197 |
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Edge of Empires: Chinese Elites and British Colonials in Hong Kong John M. Carroll Limited preview - 2005 |