ONE: Historical Setting: The Making of an Entrepôt

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. A Note on Romanization IX
4. Acknowledgments XI
5. Maps XV
6. Introduction 1
7. ONE: Historical Setting: The Making of an Entrepôt 17
8. TWO: A Frontier Settlement: The Chinese Community Under Alien Rule, 1840s-1860s 36
9. THREE: The Chinese Community in a Colonial Situation, the 1870s–1900s 65
10. FOUR: Coolies in the British Colony 103
11. FIVE: Popular Insurrection in 1884 During the Sino-French War 124
12. SIX: Coolie Unrest and Elitist Nationalism, 1887–1900 147
13. SEVEN: The Anti-American Boycott, 1905–6 182
14. EIGHT: The Anti-Japanese Boycott and Riot in 1908 207
15. NINE: Hong Kong in the Chinese Revolution, 1911–12 238
16. TEN: The Boycott of the Hong Kong Tramway, 1912–13 270
17. Conclusion 288
18. Notes 297
19. Character List 335
20. Selected Bibliography 345
21. Index 363