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Author Lim, Patricia

Title Forgotten souls : a social history of the Hong Kong cemetery / Patricia Lim
Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 611 pages) : illustrations
Series Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
Contents Foreword; Preface; Introduction: The Hong Kong Cemetery, Its Position and History; 1: The Early Settlers, the First Opium War and Its Aftermath; 2: Events Affecting Hong Kong as They Involved the Lives of People Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery; 3: How Early Hong Kong Society Arranged Itself; Section II: THE EARLY DENIZENS OF THE HONG KONG CEMETERY, 1845-1860; 4: Merchants, Clerks and Bankers; 5: Servants of the Crown; 6: Professionals; 7: The Merchant Navy; 8: Tradesmen, Artisans and Small-Scale Businessmen; 9: Beachcombers and Destitutes; 10: Missionaries; 11: The Americans
Summary The book has recorded the inscriptions on all 8,000 graves in the HK Cemetery to provide a rich description of life in Hong Kong during the first 100 years approximately from its colonization and a wonderful series of anecdotes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-585) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Tombs -- China -- Hong Kong -- History
Cemeteries -- China -- Hong Kong -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
Cemeteries
Tombs
China -- Hong Kong
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789888053742
9888053744
Other Titles Social history of the Hong Kong cemetery