Foreign communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s

Cindy Yik-yi Chu

doi:10.1057/9781403980557

Foreign communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s

Cindy Yik-yi Chu^*

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Department of History

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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.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	209
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781403980557
ISBN (Print)	9781403970596, 9781349532230
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403980557
Publication status	Published - Oct 2005

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