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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Note on Romanization xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Colonialism and Collaboration: Chinese Subjects and the Making of British Hong Kong 16
7. 2. A Better Class of Chinese: Building the Emporium of the East 37
8. 3. Strategic Balance: Status and Respect in the Colonial Context 58
9. 4. A Place of Their Own: Clubs and Associations 84
10. 5. Nationalism and Identity: The Case of Ho Kai 108
11. 6. Preserving Hong Kong: The Strike-Boycott of 1925–1926 131
12. 7. Transforming the Barren Island: The 1941 Centenary 159
13. Conclusion 182
14. Notes 197
15. Selected Bibliography 237
16. Index 253