TY  - BOOK
AU  - CARROLL,John M.
TI  - Edge of Empires: Chinese Elites and British Colonials in Hong Kong 
SN  - 9780674029231
AV  - DS796.H757 C38 2005eb
U1  - 951.25/04 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - HISTORY / Asia / China
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Note on Romanization --; Introduction --; 1. Colonialism and Collaboration: Chinese Subjects and the Making of British Hong Kong --; 2. A Better Class of Chinese: Building the Emporium of the East --; 3. Strategic Balance: Status and Respect in the Colonial Context --; 4. A Place of Their Own: Clubs and Associations --; 5. Nationalism and Identity: The Case of Ho Kai --; 6. Preserving Hong Kong: The Strike-Boycott of 1925-1926 --; 7. Transforming the Barren Island: The 1941 Centenary --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - In Edge of Empires, Carroll situates Hong Kong squarely within the framework of both Chinese and British colonial history, while exploring larger questions about the meaning and implications of colonialism in modern history
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674029231
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ER  -