Author: Ming K. Chan 陳明銶
Editor: Kent Wan
Publisher: 星語者文化
ISBN: 978-988-76727-1-5
About the Author
Ming K. Chan (1949-2018) was a prominent historian specializing in Hong Kong, Chinese labor movements, and the Chinese diaspora. Born in Hong Kong, he obtained his PhD from Stanford University at age 25. Chan taught at the University of Hong Kong in the 1980s-90s, training a generation of scholars. His dissertation focused on labor mobilizations in the Pearl River Delta from 1895-1927, highlighting Hong Kong workers’ role. Chan was a leading public intellectual who provided commentary on Hong Kong’s transition from British to Chinese rule. His later research expanded to Macau’s history and Hong Kong-China-diaspora connections.
About the Editor
Kent Wan is a researcher at the Research Center for the History of the Republic of China, Nanjing University. His research focuses on the history of the Republic of China.
Content
Abbreviations – i
Preface – iii
Introduction – vii
1. The Historiography of the Tzu-Chih t’ung-chien: A Survey – 01
2. Hong Kong in Sino-British Conflict: Mass Mobilization and the Crisis of Legitimacy, 1912-26 – 45
3. Hong Kong: Colonial Legacy, Transformation, and Challenge – 87
4. The Hong Kong-Guangdong Cantonese Economic Empire in Shanghai, 1842-1927 – 105
5. The Legacy of the British Administration of Hong Kong: A View from Hong Kong – 115
6. Different Roads to Home: The Retrocession of Hong Kong and Macau to Chinese Sovereignty – 137
7. Friends across the Pacific: Links between Canada and Hong Kong in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives – 175
8. The Luso-Macau Connections in Sun Yat-sen’s Modern Chinese Revolution – 197
Academic Works – 225
Afterword – 260
About the Editor – 263
