Anglo-China : Chinese people and British rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1880
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Anglo-China : Chinese people and British rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1880
Curzon, 2001
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Bibliography: p. 442-452
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A study of the first three decades of British rule in Hong Kong, focusing on the troubled and controversial process of establishing a British colony at Hong Kong and on the reception of British rule by people in the region.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- I: Founding a Colony
- 1: 'Anglo-China': The Opium War and the British Acquisition of Hong Kong
- 2: 'Her Majesty's Chinese Subjects': Government and People in Early British Hong Kong
- I: Crime and Justice
- 3: 'Cheap, Summary and Sharp Justice': The Early Hong Kong Magistracy
- 4: 'A Mischievous Abomination': Trial by Jury in Early Colonial Hong Kong
- 5: 'Giving Justice a Second Chance': Reforms to the Judicial System, 1849-1857
- I: Finding an Equilibrium
- 6: 'Treacherous and Reckless Barbarians': War and Civil Unrest, 1856-1858
- 7: 'A Reign of Terror': Corruption, Scandal, and the Caldwell Affair, 1857-1861
- 8: 'A Social Revolution': Forming a Colonial Relationship, the 1860s and Beyond
- Conclusion
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