Foreign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s-1950s

By Cindy Yik-yi Chu

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403970599
• ISBN13: 9781403970596
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.6"