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Sir Robert Ho Tung
Sir Robert Ho Tung (1862–1954) is a compelling figure in Hong Kong history. He is regularly portrayed as the colony’s greatest philanthropist and wealthiest man of his day, the first Chinese to live on the Peak, and, at the end of his life, the ‘Grand Old Man of Hongkong’. The illegitimate son of a Chinese mother and European father, he was highly sensitive about his mixed heritage though he consistently made the most of his fate. He was a man perfectly in tune with his place and time, his success driven as much by his entrepreneurial talents as by his being Eurasian. This book shows him in all his immense variety—clerk with the Imperial Maritime Customs, chief compradore of Jardin...
The Hong Kong Story
This timely book chronicles the history of Hong Kong from its misty beginnings to the present day. The territory's unique and turbulent political and economic development form the backdrop to a still more compelling and human story. The essence of The Hong Kong Story is the interwoven sagas of the family dynasties and business houses - vital ingredients in transforming the barren rock' into a miracle city state. These families were by no means all British and Chinese: by the mid-nineteenth century Hong Kong was already a cosmopolitan city with a prominent American contingent. It is the collective spirit of these nationalities - grit, optimism, practicality, ruthlessness, generosity, resilien...
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Crime Justice Punishment Colonial Hk Hb
Standing close together in a compound overlooking Victoria Harbor, the Central Police Station, Central Magistracy, and Victoria Jail were a bastion of British colonial power and a symbol of security, law, and punishment. The magistracy administered a form of cheap summary justice heavily adapted to the needs of colonial Hong Kong, which led to well over a million predominantly Chinese people being sentenced between 1841 and 1941. In the overcrowded and unsanitary Victoria Jail, the regime vacillated uneasily between a belief in harsh deterrent punishment and an optimistic faith in reform and rehabilitation. Today, those monumental buildings still stand, forming Hong Kong's "Tai Kwun" complex...
Women of the Tang Dynasty
Women in Tang society enjoyed experimenting with ways to enhance their charms. Not only enthusiastically adopting fashion styles of foreigners who thronged the capital of Chang'an, they were also some of the earliest cross-dressers in history. Through a close-up look at excavated pottery figures and surviving gold and silver objects, a picture emerges of a remarkably open society in which women took an active part. The Close-Up series is the very first of its kind to give you a fascinating, concise introduction to individual aspects of China and its peoples, past and present. Each topic is presented by chosen experts in their fields who write with brevity for the intelligent reader. Illuminating text is supported by the work of international photographers and with maps and diagrams to give a picture that satisfies curiosity and encourages further reading.
大館：英治時期香港的犯罪、正義與刑罰
中區警署、中央裁判司署和域多利監獄矗立在香港中環的核心地帶的山坡上，三座建築物彼此毗鄰，曾經是香港建立警隊、法律與刑罰制度的起始地，涉及犯罪、正義、刑罰，是光明與黑暗同處之所。這個圍牆環繞的建築群，現經修復而成為名為「大館」的古蹟和藝術中心。 本書蒐羅了豐富圖片，從大館的三個主體建築結構談起，生動地描述了從 1841 年至 20 世紀末，穿梭其中的人物和他們的故事，包括裁判司、獄卒和警員、小偷和惡棍、小販和街頭男孩、落魄者、妓女、賭徒、債務人和乞丐等，見證香港警務、法制與監獄歷史的開端，以及香港百年發展的社會眾生相。
Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography
The Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography contains biographies of over 500 people who are no longer alive and who have played an important, representative or interesting part in Hong Kong history. Its specially commissioned entries encompass people from government, business, religion, sport, the army and navy, the arts and entertainment.
The Forbidden City
This rich blend of history, anecdotal narrative, biographical portraits and illustrations evokes 500 years of imperial China through the story of its palace, the Forbidden City. It describes the emperor's ceremonial life, the stultifying world of his concubines, eunuchs and palace maids, and the devastating impact of the West in the late 19th century. A new chapter deals with the treasures and paintings collected under imperial patronage - their dramatic dispersal, painstaking recovery and restoration - and ends in the triumphant establishment of the Palace Museum
