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3. Superior Servants

© 2018 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

© 2018 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION vii
  4. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION xiii
  5. ABBREVIATIONS xxv
  6. 1. Foreign and Domestic in Hong Kong 1
  7. 2. Global Themes and Local Patterns 18
  8. 3. Superior Servants 44
  9. 4. The Trade in Workers 63
  10. 5. Household Rules and Relations 90
  11. 6. Disciplined Migrants, Docile Workers 119
  12. 7. Resistance and Protest 151
  13. 8. Docility and Self-Discipline 181
  14. 9. Pleasure and Power 202
  15. REFERENCES 217
  16. INDEX 235
Maid to Order in Hong Kong
This chapter is in the book Maid to Order in Hong Kong
https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801460463-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION vii
  4. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION xiii
  5. ABBREVIATIONS xxv
  6. 1. Foreign and Domestic in Hong Kong 1
  7. 2. Global Themes and Local Patterns 18
  8. 3. Superior Servants 44
  9. 4. The Trade in Workers 63
  10. 5. Household Rules and Relations 90
  11. 6. Disciplined Migrants, Docile Workers 119
  12. 7. Resistance and Protest 151
  13. 8. Docility and Self-Discipline 181
  14. 9. Pleasure and Power 202
  15. REFERENCES 217
  16. INDEX 235
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