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Author ChanYeung, Moira M. W.

Title Lam Woo : master builder, revolutionary, and philanthropist / Moira M.W. Chan-Yeung.

Publication Info. Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource (260 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Contents Intro; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; Family tree; One. The dragon flew from its nest; Two. Life in the "new gold mountain"; Three. A follower of confucius and a devoted servant of christ; Four. A patriot, reformer, and revolutionary; Five. Learning the trade and the firstpainful lesson; Six. Modernising urban china; Seven. Building infrastructure in hong kong; Eight. Land speculation and land creation; Nine. The family and the company; Ten. The legacies of Lam Woo; Notes.
Appendix one. Chronology of Lam Woo life eventsAppendix two. Sources of information; Index of names in English and Chinese.
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Subject Lam, Woo, 1870-1933.
Contractors -- China -- Hong Kong -- Biography.
Contractors.
China -- Hong Kong.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Revolutionaries -- China -- Biography.
Revolutionaries.
China.
Construction industry -- History -- China -- Hong Kong -- 20th century.
China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
Emigration and immigration.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: ChanYeung, Moira M.W. Lam Woo : Master Builder, Revolutionary, and Philanthropist. Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, ©2017 9789629967840
ISBN 9789629968175 (electronic book)
9629968177 (electronic book)