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Author ChanYeung, Moira M. W

Title Lam Woo : master builder, revolutionary, and philanthropist / Moira M.W. Chan-Yeung
Published Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (260 pages)
Contents Intro; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; Family tree; One. The dragon flew from its nest; Two. Life in the "new gold mountain"; Three. A follower of confucius and a devoted servant of christ; Four. A patriot, reformer, and revolutionary; Five. Learning the trade and the firstpainful lesson; Six. Modernising urban china; Seven. Building infrastructure in hong kong; Eight. Land speculation and land creation; Nine. The family and the company; Ten. The legacies of Lam Woo; Notes
Appendix one. Chronology of Lam Woo life eventsAppendix two. Sources of information; Index of names in English and Chinese
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Subject Lam, Woo, 1870-1933.
Contractors -- China -- Hong Kong -- Biography
Revolutionaries -- China -- Biography
Construction industry -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 20th century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
Construction industry
Contractors
Emigration and immigration
Revolutionaries
SUBJECT China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
Subject China
China -- Hong Kong
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789629968175
9629968177