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9780195924374

Foreign Devils Expatriates in Hong Kong

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195924374

  • ISBN10:

    0195924371

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-02-06
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This is an oral history of expatriates in Hong Kong during the last years of British sovereignty and the first few years of Chinese rule.

Table of Contents

Dedication v
Introduction: Who are They? ix
`Braveheart' in China
1(9)
Merchants
10(22)
Ministers and Mandarins
32(24)
Some of the Governors
56(24)
Money Makes the World Go Round
80(23)
Cops and Robbers
103(25)
Missionaries
128(24)
The Quality of Life
152(23)
Fish Climbing Up a Tree
175(25)
Trailing Spouses and Single Women
200(25)
A Small World
225(24)
Healthy Pleasures
249(24)
Just Another Chinese City? 273(9)
Notes and Sources 282(9)
Illustrations 291(4)
Index 295

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