Forgotten Souls: A Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery

Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Introduction: The Hong Kong Cemetery, Its Position and History......Page 14
Section I: AN INTRODUCTION TO EARLY HONG KONG......Page 42
1: The Early Settlers, the First Opium War and Its Aftermath......Page 43
2: Events Affecting Hong Kong as They Involved the Lives of People Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery......Page 72
3: How Early Hong Kong Society Arranged Itself......Page 86
Section II: THE EARLY DENIZENS OF THE HONG KONG CEMETERY, 1845-1860......Page 104
4: Merchants, Clerks and Bankers......Page 105
5: Servants of the Crown......Page 126
6: Professionals......Page 156
7: The Merchant Navy......Page 171
8: Tradesmen, Artisans and Small-Scale Businessmen......Page 196
9: Beachcombers and Destitutes......Page 224
10: Missionaries......Page 227
11: The Americans......Page 248
12: The Armed Forces......Page 255
13: Women and Children......Page 282
14: The Chinese and Their Position in Relation to the Europeans......Page 299
Section III: YEARS OF CONSOLIDATION: 1861 to 1875......Page 310
15: Victoria City and Its European Inhabitants......Page 311
16: Hong Kong Society in This Period......Page 334
17: Hong Kong Becomes Cosmopolitan......Page 362
18: Government Measures and Their Effect on Society......Page 377
19: Changes Taking Place outside the Government......Page 402
Section IV: THE TURN OF THE  CENTURY 1876-1918......Page 430
20: Age of Empire......Page 431
21: The Disasters of These Years......Page 455
22: The Old Residents Section in the Hong Kong Cemetery......Page 465
23: Industry at the Turn of the Century......Page 488
24: The History of the Freemasons in Hong Kong......Page 496
25: The Chinese Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery......Page 508
26: The Eurasians......Page 525
27: Other Nationalities: The Japanese and Russians Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery......Page 535
28: The Second World War and Its Aftermath......Page 544
Appendices......Page 556
Notes......Page 564
Bibliography......Page 590
Index......Page 600