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Edge of Empires: Chinese Elites and British Colonials in Hong Kong
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John M. Carroll
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香港大學出版社 | |
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2007年1月01日
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In an engaging, revisionist study, John Carroll argues that in the century after the Opium War, Hong Kong’s colonial nature helped create a local Chinese business elite. By the end of the nineteenth century, the colonial government saw Chinese businessmen as allies in establishing Hong Kong as a commercial center. The idea of a commercially vibrant China united them. Chinese and British leaders cooperated on issues of mutual concern, such as the expansion of capitalism and political and economic directions for an ailing China.
These Chinese also found opportunities in the colonial system to develop business and commerce. In doing so, they used Hong Kong’s strategic position to underscore their own identity as a distinctive group unlike their mainland counterparts. Nationalism took on a specifically Hong Kong character. At the same time, by contributing to imperial war funds, organizing ceremonies for visiting British royalty, and attending imperial trade exhibitions, the Chinese helped make Hong Kong an active member of the global British Empire.
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.
John M. Carroll is Associate Professor of History at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests are in modern Chinese history, Hong Kong history, the Chinese diaspora, colonialism and imperialism in Asia.
"This book fills an important gap in the scholarship on Hong Kong. As a close study of the rise of a Hong Kong-based Chinese bourgeoisie, Edge of Empires has much to offer current studies of Chinese diaci...
John M. Carroll 其他作品
Edge of Empires: Chinese Elites and British Colonials in Hong Kong
A Concise History of Hong Kong
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