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9780807614242

Picturing Hong Kong Photography 1855-1910

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807614242

  • ISBN10:

    0807614246

  • Edition: 00
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-09-17
  • Publisher: George Braziller Inc.

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A contemporary record of the landscape, architecture and people of Hong Kong with an insight into the history and sociology of the infant colony. A unique regional record of the beginnings of photography in a tropical climate.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7(2)
Vishakha N. Desai
Preface and Acknowledgments 9(2)
Roberta Wue
Lenders to the Exhibition
11(4)
A Brief History of Hong Kong to 1910
15(12)
Joanna Waley-Cohen
Picturing Hong Kong: Photography through Practice and Function
27(21)
Roberta Wue
The Beginnings of Hong Kong Photography
48(11)
Edwin K. Lai
Plates
SIGHTS OF HONG KONG
59(22)
LIFE IN HONG KONG
81(20)
PORTRAITS AND PEOPLE
101(12)
CARTES-DE-VISITE AND STEREO-VIEWS
113(18)
Appendixes: Reprints from Periodicals 131(6)
Selected Bibliography 137(2)
Checklist of the Exhibition 139

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