Foreign Communities In Hong Kong 1840s 1950s

Download or read book Foreign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s–1950s written by C. Chu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-10-06 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.