My Dearest Martha

• Paperback | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• At once a reflection on the daily components of empire, an entertaining narrative of familial relationships, and the story of one woman's inner feelin... Lees meer

The Dragon and the Crown

S K Stanley Kwan, Nicole Kwan

• Hardcover | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• The Dragon and the Crown is the unforgettable memoirs of Stanley Kwan, the creator of the Hang Seng Index. Wedged between the East and the West--the D... Lees meer

Watching Over Hong Kong

Sheilah E Hamilton

• Hardcover | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• In this pioneering study, Sheilah Hamilton shows that, from the earliest days of British rule, the colonial administration introduced harsh legislatio... Lees meer

The Six-Day War of 1899

Patrick H Hase

• Hardcover | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• In 1899, a year after the Convention of Peking leased the New Territories to Britain, the British moved to establish control. This triggered resistanc... Lees meer

Man in a Hurry

Ray Yep

• Hardcover | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• A careful analysis of the intricacies of decolonizing British-ruled Hong Kong. Man in a Hurry explores the latest available archival materials and re-... Lees meer

Settlement, Life, and Politics

Patrick H Hase

• Paperback | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• "Without a clear idea of the history of the New Territories, the history of Hong Kong as a whole would be impossible to bring to any sort of satisfact... Lees meer

Policing Hong Kong

Patricia O'Sullivan

• Paperback | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• Hong Kong, 1918. A tranquil place compared to war-torn Europe. But on the morning of the 22nd January, a running battle through the streets of Wanchai... Lees meer

Scottish Mandarin

Shiona Airlie

• Hardcover | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• Colonial administrator, writer, explorer, Buddhist, and friend to China's last emperor, Sir Reginald Johnston (1874-1938) was a distinguished sinologi... Lees meer

Forgotten Souls

Patricia Lim

• Hardcover | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• This book follows on from the mapping and recording of the about 10,000 graves that make up the Hong Kong Cemetery for a database which will be held i... Lees meer

Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore

Marjorie Topley

• Hardcover | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• The volume collects the published articles of Dr Marjorie Topley, who was a pioneer in the field of social anthropology in the postwar period and also... Lees meer

A Death in Hong Kong

Nigel Collett

• Paperback | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• In January 1980, a young police officer named John MacLennan committed suicide in his Ho Man Tin flat. His death came mere hours before he was to be a... Lees meer