| Edition |
New ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 252 pages, [16] leaves of plates) : illustrations, portraits. |
| Series |
Echoes : classics of Hong Kong culture and history
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Echoes : classics of Hong Kong culture and history.
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| Note |
Previous edition: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1985. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-236) and index. |
| Summary |
Provided with a Western-style education and versed in the English language by missionaries, the 19th-century Chinese Christian was a man who stood between cultures. The author shows how this dual aspect of his thought and outlook enabled him to act as liaison with foreigners promoting trade and commerce. |
| Contents |
Plates; Introduction to the Paperback Edition; Foreword; Introduction; 1 The Morrison Education Society and theMoulding of its Students; 2 The Formative Years of the Tong Brothers, Pioneers in the Modernization of China's Commerce and Industry; 3 Translators, Compradores, and Government Advisers; 4 Friends and Relatives of Taiping Leaders; 5 Sun Yat-sen's Baptism and Some Christian Connections; 6 The Emergence of a Chinese Elite in Hong Kong; 7 The English-educated Chinese Elite in Nineteenth-century Hong Kong; 8 The Hong Kong Church and Nineteenth-century Colonial Attitudes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Christians -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong (China) -- Church history.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Church history.
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| In: |
HKU Press digital editions. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Carl T. Chinese Christians. New ed. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2005 9789622096882 (DLC) 2009669111 (OCoLC)60371774 |
| ISBN |
9789882200678 (electronic bk.) |
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9882200672 (electronic bk.) |
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9622096883 (pbk.) |
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9789622096882 (pbk.) |
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0195839730 (Oxford hbk.) |
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9780195839739 (Oxford hbk.) |
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