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Power and charity : a Chinese merchant elite in colonial Hong Kong /
Through the history of a charitable institution, the Tung Wah Hospital, Elizabeth Sinn reshapes and greatly deepens our understanding of the evolving interactions between the Chinese community in Hong Kong and the colonial rulers.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Echoes : classics of Hong Kong culture and history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Plates; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; Abbreviations; Romanization; Introduction; 1 The Chinese Community before the Tung Wah Hospital; 2 The Origin of the Tung Wah Hospital; 3 Management, Organization, and Development, 1869-1894; 4 The Tung Wah Hospital Committee as the Local Elite; 5 Criticism, Confrontation, and Control; 6 Crisis: The Plague, 1894; 7 A New Crisis: Toward Integration; Epilogue; Notes; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.