This book presents a comprehensive overview of the compradors and their economic and social functions over the full period of colonial rule in Hong Kong. It puts forward a different view, demonstrating that the compradors were active participants, not just passive servants of foriegn companies.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2017-09-13
Language: English
Number of Pages: 180
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..