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Price: £50.00
Pages: 544
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Publication Date:
01 November 2011
Trim Size: 10.10 X 8.30 in
ISBN: 9789888083664
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
"Hong Kong has always had its full measure of remarkable people. Both saints and sinners, they have come from all the ethnic groups in Hong Kong's ebullient population. What has been missing is an accessible record of who these people are and what they di
"A painstakingly researched and engagingly written collection of vignettes of the characters, good and bad, who made Hong Kong. It has tremendous scope and gripping detail, making it a very timely scholarly resource as well as a delightful treasure trove
"A painstakingly researched and engagingly written collection of vignettes of the characters, good and bad, who made Hong Kong. It has tremendous scope and gripping detail, making it a very timely scholarly resource as well as a delightful treasure trove
May Holdsworth's previous books include Foreign Devils Expatriates in Hong Kong, and The Palace of Established Happiness Restoring a Garden in the Forbidden City. Christopher Munn is the author of Anglo-China Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1880.