- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
-
Section 1 An Introduction to Early Hong Kong -
Chapter 1 The Early Settlers, the First Opium War and Its Aftermath -
Chapter 2 Events Affecting Hong Kong as They Involved the Lives of People Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery -
Chapter 3 How Early Hong Kong Society Arranged Itself -
Section II The early Denizens of the Hong Kong Cemetery, 1845–1860 -
Chapter 4 Merchants, Clerks and Bankers -
Chapter 5 Servants of the Crown -
Chapter 6 Professionals -
Chapter 7 The Merchant Navy -
Chapter 8 Tradesmen, Artisans and Small-Scale Businessmen -
Chapter 9 Beachcombers and Destitutes -
Chapter 10 Missionaries -
Chapter 11 The Americans -
Chapter 12 The Armed Forces -
Chapter 13 Women and Children -
Chapter 14 The Chinese and Their Position in Relation to the Europeans -
Section III Years of Consolidation, 1861–1875 -
Chapter 15 Victoria City and Its European Inhabitants -
Chapter 16 Hong Kong Society in This Period -
Chapter 17 Hong Kong Becomes Cosmopolitan -
Chapter 18 Government Measures and Their Effect on Society -
Chapter 19 Changes Taking Place outside the Government -
Sectíon IV The Turn of the Century, 1876–1918 -
Chapter 20 Age of Empire -
Chapter 21 The Disasters of These Years -
Chapter 22 The Old Residents Section in the Hong Kong Cemetery -
Chapter 23 Industry at the Turn of the Century -
Chapter 24 The History of the Freemasons in Hong Kong -
Chapter 25 The Chinese Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery -
Chapter 26 The Eurasians -
Chapter 27 Other Nationalities: The Japanese and Russians Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery -
Chapter 28 The Second World War and Its Aftermath -
1. Time Line of Hong Kong History -
2. Sources -
3. Glossary - Bibliography
- Index
Industry at the Turn of the Century
Industry at the Turn of the Century
- Chapter:
- (p.475) Chapter 23 Industry at the Turn of the Century
- Source:
- Forgotten Souls
- Author(s):
Patricia Lim
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
This chapter discusses the changes in the kind of business transacted by the merchants of the China Coast. Ernest Deacon's story shows how a family with no money earned in the Far East could climb from relatively humble origins to the ranks of squiredom and respectability. It also looks at the different companies in Hong Kong, such as the Dairy Company and the Hong Kong & Wampa Dock Company, and when electricity and the railway arrived in the country.
Keywords: changes, merchants, business, China Coast, Ernest Deacon, Dairy Company, Hong Kong & Wampa Dock Company, electricity, railway
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
-
Section 1 An Introduction to Early Hong Kong -
Chapter 1 The Early Settlers, the First Opium War and Its Aftermath -
Chapter 2 Events Affecting Hong Kong as They Involved the Lives of People Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery -
Chapter 3 How Early Hong Kong Society Arranged Itself -
Section II The early Denizens of the Hong Kong Cemetery, 1845–1860 -
Chapter 4 Merchants, Clerks and Bankers -
Chapter 5 Servants of the Crown -
Chapter 6 Professionals -
Chapter 7 The Merchant Navy -
Chapter 8 Tradesmen, Artisans and Small-Scale Businessmen -
Chapter 9 Beachcombers and Destitutes -
Chapter 10 Missionaries -
Chapter 11 The Americans -
Chapter 12 The Armed Forces -
Chapter 13 Women and Children -
Chapter 14 The Chinese and Their Position in Relation to the Europeans -
Section III Years of Consolidation, 1861–1875 -
Chapter 15 Victoria City and Its European Inhabitants -
Chapter 16 Hong Kong Society in This Period -
Chapter 17 Hong Kong Becomes Cosmopolitan -
Chapter 18 Government Measures and Their Effect on Society -
Chapter 19 Changes Taking Place outside the Government -
Sectíon IV The Turn of the Century, 1876–1918 -
Chapter 20 Age of Empire -
Chapter 21 The Disasters of These Years -
Chapter 22 The Old Residents Section in the Hong Kong Cemetery -
Chapter 23 Industry at the Turn of the Century -
Chapter 24 The History of the Freemasons in Hong Kong -
Chapter 25 The Chinese Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery -
Chapter 26 The Eurasians -
Chapter 27 Other Nationalities: The Japanese and Russians Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery -
Chapter 28 The Second World War and Its Aftermath -
1. Time Line of Hong Kong History -
2. Sources -
3. Glossary - Bibliography
- Index
