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Sir Robert Ho Tung: Public Figure, Private Man

內容簡介: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’. This book shows him in all his immense variety—clerk with the Imperial Maritime Customs, chief compradore of Jardine Matheson, financial wizard, ...loyal British subject but also, paradoxically, Chinese patriot...

ISBN:9789888754243

語言:英文

作者:May Holdsworth

作者背景:May Holdsworth is a writer based in Hong Kong. Her previous books include Foreign Devils: Expatriates in Hong Kong, and The Palace of Established Happiness: Restoring a Garden in the Forbidden City. She is co-editor, with Christopher Munn, of the Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography (HKUP, 2012), and co-author with him of Crime, Justice and Punishment in Colonial Hong Kong: Central Police Station, Central Magistracy and Victoria Gaol (HKUP, 2020).

出版商:香港大學出版社

出版商背景:Hong Kong University Press was established in 1956, the Press has grown from a publisher of only a few titles, primarily studies done by the University’s own faculty, to one that releases up to 50 new titles a year from leading scholars around the world. All Press publications undergo a rigorous peer review process before they are accepted for publication. As a unit of HKU, Asia’s most prominent English-speaking university, we publish most of our books—especially our academic books—in English.

國家/地區:香港

聯絡資料

網址:https://hkupress.hku.hk

電話:39177801

地址:Run Run Shaw Heritage House, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR

聯絡人:Felix Cheung

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