| Description |
1 online resource (304 pages, [8] pages 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 |
Originally published: Hong Kong; Oxford: Oxford University, 1989. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-296) and index. |
| Contents |
Plates; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; Abbreviations; Romanization; Introduction; 1 The Chinese Community before the Tung Wah Hospital; 2 The Origin of the Tung Wah Hospital; 3 Management, Organization, and Development, 1869-1894; 4 The Tung Wah Hospital Committee as the Local Elite; 5 Criticism, Confrontation, and Control; 6 Crisis: The Plague, 1894; 7 A New Crisis: Toward Integration; Epilogue; Notes; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Through the history of a charitable institution, the Tung Wah Hospital, Elizabeth Sinn reshapes and greatly deepens our understanding of the evolving interactions between the Chinese community in Hong Kong and the colonial rulers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dong hua yi yuan (Hong Kong, China) -- History.
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Dong hua yi yuan (Hong Kong, China) |
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Hospital and community -- China -- Hong Kong -- History.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1869-1896. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| In: |
HKU Press digital editions. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Sinn, Elizabeth, 1948- Power and charity. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2003 9789622096691 (OCoLC)54855528 |
| ISBN |
9789882202504 (electronic bk.) |
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9882202500 (electronic bk.) |
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9622096697 |
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9789622096691 |
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