C. Chu 
Foreign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s–1950s 

This collection of essays describes adaptations of minority ethnic groups to cross-cultural situations in Hong Kong from the 1840s through the 1950s. It aims to portray Hong Kong history through the perspectives of foreign communities – the British, Germans, Americans, Indians and Japanese – and to understand how they perceived the economic situation, political administration and culture of the colony.

Table of Content

Introduction; C.Y-Y.Chu Early Beginnings of British Community (1841-1898); G.Bickley British Attitudes Toward Hong Kong in the Nineteenth Century; G.Bickley Nineteenth Century German Community; R.K.S.Mak Catholic Church Between Two World Wars; C.Y-Y.Chu Making of a Japanese Community in Prewar Period (1841-1941); B.W. Ng Stanley Civilian Internment Camp During Japanese Occupation; C.Y-Y.Chu Migrants from India and Their Relations with British and Chinese Residents; C.Plüss American ‘China Hands’ in the 1950s; M.Chi-kwan

About the author

Cindy Yik-yi Chu is a Professor in the Department of History at Hong Kong Baptist University.