Sir Robert Ho Tung
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Sir Robert Ho Tung
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Author : May Holdsworth
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 2022-05-03
Sir Robert Ho Tung written by May Holdsworth and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-03 with History categories.
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’. The illegitimate son of a Chinese mother and European father, he was highly sensitive about his mixed heritage though he consistently made the most of his fate. He was a man perfectly in tune with his place and time, his success driven as much by his entrepreneurial talents as by his being Eurasian. This book shows him in all his immense variety—clerk with the Imperial Maritime Customs, chief compradore of Jardine Matheson, financial wizard, husband and lover, patriarch of a large family of five sons and eight daughters, loyal British subject but also, paradoxically, Chinese patriot. China’s president Yuan Shikai awarded him the Order of the Excellent Crop, and King George V knighted him. May Holdsworth’s thoughtful and deftly written account of the life is the first full-length biography in English. Given unique and unprecedented access to family and personal papers, including letters, diaries, notes, and photographs, she offers a nuanced perspective on a public but also private man. Her book will be a rich resource for historians and general readers interested in the men and women who played a key part in the shaping of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Hong Kong. ‘With painstaking research using an invaluable cache of private letters, family photographs, and other rarely seen archival materials, May Holdsworth has produced a definitive English-language biography of Hong Kong’s Grand Old Man, Sir Robert Ho Tung, as both public figure and private man. A must-read for anyone interested in Hong Kong history.’ —Emma J. Teng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‘This biography of Sir Robert Ho Tung is well written, well organized, and based on original unpublished documentary sources that have not been previously utilized. Though of a scholarly nature, it is eminently readable and should appeal to a broad readership, including lovers of Hong Kong history.’ —Edward J. M. Rhoads, University of Texas at Austin
Sir Robert Ho Tung And Manchuria
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
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Hong Kong S Grand Old Man
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931
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The Ho Tung Collection Of Oil Paintings And Watercolours
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Author : Hong Kong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
The Ho Tung Collection Of Oil Paintings And Watercolours written by Hong Kong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with China categories.
The Ho Tung Collection Of Oil Paintings And Watercolours Pictures Relating Principally To Hong Kong China And Macau In The Eighteenth And Early Nineteenth Centuries Catalogue For An Exhibition Arranged By The Government Of Hong Kong In St John S Cathedral Hall Hong Kong Etc With Reproductions Eng Chin
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Author : Sir Robert HO TUNG
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
The Ho Tung Collection Of Oil Paintings And Watercolours Pictures Relating Principally To Hong Kong China And Macau In The Eighteenth And Early Nineteenth Centuries Catalogue For An Exhibition Arranged By The Government Of Hong Kong In St John S Cathedral Hall Hong Kong Etc With Reproductions Eng Chin written by Sir Robert HO TUNG and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with categories.
The Ho Tung Collection Of Oil Paintings And Watercolours Reprinted
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Author : Hong Kong. Urban Council. City Museum and Art Gallery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975*
The Ho Tung Collection Of Oil Paintings And Watercolours Reprinted written by Hong Kong. Urban Council. City Museum and Art Gallery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975* with categories.
Clara Ho Tung A Hong Kong Lady
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Author : Irene Cheng
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Clara Ho Tung A Hong Kong Lady written by Irene Cheng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Hong Kong (China) categories.
Ao Grande Benemerito E Amigo Dos Portugueses Sir Robert Ho Tung
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Author : David Barrote
language : pt-BR
Publisher:
Release Date : 1949
Ao Grande Benemerito E Amigo Dos Portugueses Sir Robert Ho Tung written by David Barrote and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1949 with Businessmen categories.
Fortune S Bazaar
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Author : Vaudine England
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-05-16
Fortune S Bazaar written by Vaudine England and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-16 with History categories.
A timely, well-researched, and vibrant new history of Hong Kong that reveals the untold stories of the diverse peoples who have made it a multicultural world metropolis—and whose freedoms are endangered today. Hong Kong has always been many cities to many people: a seaport, a gateway to an empire, a place where fortunes can be dramatically made or lost, a place to disappear and reinvent oneself, and a mixing pot of diverse populations from literally everywhere around the globe. A British Crown Colony for 155 years, Hong Kong is now ruled by the Chinese Communist Party. Here, renowned journalist Vaudine England delves into Hong Kong’s complex history and its people—diverse, multi-cultural, cosmopolitan—who have made this one-time fishing village into the world port city it is today. Rather than a traditional history describing a town led by British Governors or a mere offshoot of a collapsing Chinese empire, Fortune’s Bazaar is the first thorough examination of the varied peoples who made Hong Kong. While British traders and Asian merchants had long been busy in the Indian and South East Asian seas, there were many from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds who arrived in Hong Kong, met and married—despite all taboos—and created a distinct community. Many of Hong Kong’s most influential figures during its first century as a city were neither British nor Chinese—they were Malay or Indian, Jewish or Armenian, Parsi or Portuguese, Eurasian or Chindian—or simply, Hong Kongers. England describes those overlooked in history including the opium-traders who built synagogues or churches, ship-owners carrying gold-rush migrants, property tycoons, and more. Here, too, is the visionary who plumbed Hong Kong’s harbor depths to spur reclamation, the half-Dutch Chinese gentleman with two wives who was knighted by Queen Victoria, and the landscape gardeners who settled Kowloon and became millionaires. A story of empire, race, and sex, Fortune’s Bazaar combines deep archival research and oral history to present a vivid history of a special place—a unique city made by diverse people of the world, whose part in its creation has never been properly told until now.
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language : en
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
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