Christopher Munn

Anglo-China (eBook, ePUB)

Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1880

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the first three decades of British rule in Hong Kong, focusing on the troubled and controversial process of establishing a British colony at Hong Kong and on the reception of British rule by people in the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136838521
• Artikelnr.: 40172285

Autorenporträt

Christopher Munn

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I: Founding a Colony
1: 'Anglo-China': The Opium War and the British Acquisition of Hong Kong
2: 'Her Majesty's Chinese Subjects': Government and People in Early British Hong Kong
I: Crime and Justice
3: 'Cheap, Summary and Sharp Justice': The Early Hong Kong Magistracy
4: 'A Mischievous Abomination': Trial by Jury in Early Colonial Hong Kong
5: 'Giving Justice a Second Chance': Reforms to the Judicial System, 1849-1857
I: Finding an Equilibrium
6: 'Treacherous and Reckless Barbarians': War and Civil Unrest, 1856-1858
7: 'A Reign of Terror': Corruption, Scandal, and the Caldwell Affair, 1857-1861
8: 'A Social Revolution': Forming a Colonial Relationship, the 1860s and Beyond
Conclusion