Forgotten Souls: A Social History Of The Hong Kong Cemetery (royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series)

The book has recorded the inscriptions on all 8,000 graves in the HK Cemetery to provide a rich description of life in Hong Kong during the first 100 years approximately from its colonization and a wonderful series of anecdotes. Contents......Page 8 Foreword......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Introduction: The Hong Kong Cemetery, Its Position and History......Page 14 Section I: AN INTRODUCTION TO EARLY HONG KONG......Page 42 1: The Early Settlers, the First Opium War and Its Aftermath......Page 43 2: Events Affecting Hong Kong as They Involved the Lives of People Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery......Page 72 3: How Early Hong Kong Society Arranged Itself......Page 86 Section II: THE EARLY DENIZENS OF THE HONG KONG CEMETERY, 1845-1860......Page 104 4: Merchants, Clerks and Bankers......Page 105 5: Servants of the Crown......Page 126 6: Professionals......Page 156 7: The Merchant Navy......Page 171 8: Tradesmen, Artisans and Small-Scale Businessmen......Page 196 9: Beachcombers and Destitutes......Page 224 10: Missionaries......Page 227 11: The Americans......Page 248 12: The Armed Forces......Page 255 13: Women and Children......Page 282 14: The Chinese and Their Position in Relation to the Europeans......Page 299 Section III: YEARS OF CONSOLIDATION: 1861 to 1875......Page 310 15: Victoria City and Its European Inhabitants......Page 311 16: Hong Kong Society in This Period......Page 334 17: Hong Kong Becomes Cosmopolitan......Page 362 18: Government Measures and Their Effect on Society......Page 377 19: Changes Taking Place outside the Government......Page 402 Section IV: THE TURN OF THE CENTURY 1876-1918......Page 430 20: Age of Empire......Page 431 21: The Disasters of These Years......Page 455 22: The Old Residents Section in the Hong Kong Cemetery......Page 465 23: Industry at the Turn of the Century......Page 488 24: The History of the Freemasons in Hong Kong......Page 496 25: The Chinese Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery......Page 508 26: The Eurasians......Page 525 27: Other Nationalities: The Japanese and Russians Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery......Page 535 28: The Second World War and Its Aftermath......Page 544 Appendices......Page 556 Notes......Page 564 Bibliography......Page 590 Index......Page 600 This book follows on from the mapping and recording of about 10,000 graves that make up the Hong Kong Cemetery, for a database which will be held in the archives of the Hong Kong Memory Project and the Royal Asiatic Society among other places. The silent tombs and elegantly carved inscriptions dating from 1842 up to the present day aroused curiosity in the author of this book about who these long-buried people were and how they lived their lives. The book has teased out from many sources the answers to these questions. This small, alien, and rather disparate band of adventurers came from a number of far distant countries to live and work in the tiny and insignificant British foothold of Hong Kong on the edge of a huge and little understood empire. The book tries to show their relationships with each other and with their Chinese neighbours on the island. It has attempted to breathe life into the stories behind the gravestones so that the Hong Kong Cemetery can be viewed as a cradle of history as well as a final resting place for the dead This book follows on from the mapping and recording of the about 10,000 graves that make up the Hong Kong Cemetery for a database which will be held in the archives of the Hong Kong Memory Project and the Royal Asiatic Society among other places. The silent tombs and elegantly carved inscriptions dating from 1842 up to the present day aroused curiosity in the author about who these long-buried people were and how they lived their lives. Lim has teased out from many sources the answers to these questions. This small, alien and rather disparate band of adventurers came from a number of far distant countries to live and work in the tiny and insignificant British foothold of Hong Kong on the edge of a huge and little understood empire. The book tries to show their relationships with each other and with their Chinese neighbours on the island. It has attempted to breathe life into the stories behind the gravestones so that the Hong Kong Cemetery can be viewed as a cradle of history as well as a final resting place for the dead. Patricia Lim. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [577]-585) And Index.