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Chinese Christians : elites, middlemen, and the Church in Hong Kong /
Provided with a Western-style education and versed in the English language by missionaries, the 19th-century Chinese Christian was a man who stood between cultures. The author shows how this dual aspect of his thought and outlook enabled him to act as liaison with foreigners promoting trade and comm...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong : London :
Hong Kong University Press ; Eurospan [distributor],
2005.
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| Edición: | New ed. |
| Colección: | Echoes : classics of Hong Kong culture and history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Plates; Introduction to the Paperback Edition; Foreword; Introduction; 1 The Morrison Education Society and theMoulding of its Students; 2 The Formative Years of the Tong Brothers, Pioneers in the Modernization of China's Commerce and Industry; 3 Translators, Compradores, and Government Advisers; 4 Friends and Relatives of Taiping Leaders; 5 Sun Yat-sen's Baptism and Some Christian Connections; 6 The Emergence of a Chinese Elite in Hong Kong; 7 The English-educated Chinese Elite in Nineteenth-century Hong Kong; 8 The Hong Kong Church and Nineteenth-century Colonial Attitudes.