Anglo-China: Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1880A 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. |
Contents
The Opium War and the British | 21 |
Government and People | 53 |
The Early | 109 |
Trial by Jury in Early | 160 |
Reforms to the Judicial | 204 |
War | 257 |
Corruption Scandal and the Caldwell Affair 18571861 | 290 |
Forming a Colonial Relationship the 1860s and Beyond | 329 |
Conclusion | 374 |
Notes | 379 |
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Other editions - View all
Anglo-China: Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1880 Christopher Munn Limited preview - 2013 |
Anglo-China: Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1880 Christopher Munn Limited preview - 2008 |
Anglo-China: Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1880 Christopher Munn Limited preview - 2013 |
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