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

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

Meiji Graves in Happy Valley

Yoshiko Nakano, Georgina Challen

• Paperback | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• The Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley is home to over 470 graves connected to the city's Japanese population. Most of these graves belong to individu... 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

Hong Kong Public and Squatter Housing

Alan Smart, Fung Chi Keung Charles

• Paperback | Engels | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
• In Public Housing and Formalizing Squatting in Hong Kong, 1963-1985 , Alan Smart and Fung Chi Keung Charles trace two decades of development of squatt... Lees meer