{"product_id":"hong-kongers-in-the-british-armed-forces-1860-1997-hardcover","title":"Hong Kongers in the British Armed Forces, 1860-1997 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChi Man Kwong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHong Kong has been caught between empires ever since the First Opium War (1839-1842). As a result, the study of Hong Kong history has been subjected to the influence of the empires that controlled or laid claims over it. The historical experience of the Hongkongers during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is unique, with Hong Kong as a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society, an international trading hub, and a geopolitically crucial British colony until 1997. In recent decades, historians produced works on different aspects of the Hong Kong history, but one particular group has remained obscure: the more than 30,000 Hong Kong men and women who served in the British armed forces from the Opium Wars to the end of the British rule. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first systematic study of the experience of the Hong Kong servicemen in the British armed forces during the colonial period. It puts the Hong Kong servicemen in the contexts of Hong Kong history, the history of overseas Chinese, the history of the British Empire, and the military history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It details the agency of Hongkongers, who were often portrayed as victims or beneficiaries during the two world wars and the Cold War, and highlights the relevance of Hong Kong in the modern history of East Asia. The author also looks at how the intertwined issues of class and race played out among these servicemen, who came from a variety of ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds. The study reveals the complexity of the colonial Hong Kong society by illustrating the interplay between the colonizers and the colonized of different classes and ethnicities, and informs the ongoing discussion about colonial Hong Kong by providing concrete examples of\u003cbr\u003ethe collaboration between ethnic groups.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChi Man Kwong, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor of History, Hong Kong Baptist University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChi Man Kwong is an associate professor in the history department of Hong Kong Baptist University. He specializes in the military and naval history of modern East Asia, particularly from the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) to the 1970s. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eWar and Geopolitics in Interwar Manchuria\u003c\/em\u003e and co-author of \u003cem\u003eEastern Fortress A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840-1970\u003c\/em\u003e. His writing can also be found in \u003cem\u003eModern Asian Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWar in History\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eJournal of Military History\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462386499762,"sku":"9780192845740","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/cc734fdc7a61802f1f0085b23ba26dfa.webp?v=1778968158","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/hong-kongers-in-the-british-armed-forces-1860-1997-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}