FOREIGN COMMUNITIES IN HONG KONG, 1840S-1950S; ED. BY CINDY YIK-YI CHU

This collection of essays describes adaptations of ethnic minority groups to cross-cultural situations in Hong Kong from the 1840s through the 1950s. It aims to portray Hong Kong history through the perspectives of foreign communities--the British, Germans, Americans, Indians, and Japanese--and to understand how they perceived the economic situation, political administration, and culture of the colony. This edited volume studies ethnic minority groups in Hong Kong from the 1840s through the 1950s. It aims to portray Hong Kong history through the perspectives of foreign communities-the British, Germans, Europeans, Americans, Indians, and Japanese-and to understand how they perceived the economic situation, political administration, and culture of the colony. In the chapters, Hong Kong history is seen from the viewpoints of foreign adventurers, businessmen, traders, missionaries, teachers, diplomats, servicemen, officials, artists, ramblers, and opportunity-seekers. By assembling the accounts of the foreign communities, the book assesses the changing circumstances of Hong Kong over a period of more than one hundred years, and traces the rise and fall of various groups as well as the continued development of some of them. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction....Pages 1-15 Early Beginnings of British Community (1841–1898)....Pages 17-38 British Attitudes Toward Hong Kong in the Nineteenth Century....Pages 39-59 Nineteenth-Century German Community....Pages 61-83 Catholic Church Between Two World Wars....Pages 85-109 Making of a Japanese Community in Prewar Period (1841–1941)....Pages 111-132 Stanley Civilian Internment Camp During Japanese Occupation....Pages 133-154 Migrants From India and their Relations with British and Chinese Residents....Pages 155-170 American “China Hands” in the 1950S....Pages 171-193 Back Matter....Pages 195-209 "This volume studies ethnic minority groups in Hong Kong from the 1840s through the 1950s. It aims to portray Hong Kong history through the perspectives of foreign communities - the British, Germans, Europeans, Americans, Indians, and Japanese - and to understand how they perceived the economic situation, political administration, and culture of the colony. In the chapters, Hong Kong history is seen from the viewpoints of foreign adventurers, businessmen, traders, missionaries, teachers, diplomats, servicemen, officials, artists, ramblers, and opportunity-seekers This collection of essays describes adaptations of minority ethnic groups to cross-cultural situations in Hong Kong from the 1840s through the 1950s. It aims to portray Hong Kong history through the perspectives of foreign communities - the British, Germans, Americans, Indians and Japanese - and to understand how they perceived the economic situation, political administration and culture of the colony.