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Edge of empires : Chinese elites and British colonials in Hong Kong /

In an engaging, revisionist study, John M. Carroll argues that in the century after the Opium War, Hong Kong's colonial nature helped create a local Chinese business elite. By the end of the nineteenth century, the colonial government saw Chinese businessmen as allies in establishing Hong Kong...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carroll, John M. (John Mark), 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. ; London, Eng. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
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