Plates; Introduction to the Paperback Edition; Foreword; Introduction; 1 The Morrison Education Society and theMoulding of its Students; 2 The Formative Years of the Tong Brothers, Pioneers in the Modernization of China's Commerce and Industry; 3 Translators, Compradores, and Government Advisers; 4 Friends and Relatives of Taiping Leaders; 5 Sun Yat-sen's Baptism and Some Christian Connections; 6 The Emergence of a Chinese Elite in Hong Kong; 7 The English-educated Chinese Elite in Nineteenth-century Hong Kong; 8 The Hong Kong Church and Nineteenth-century Colonial Attitudes
Summary
Provided with a Western-style education and versed in the English language by missionaries, the 19th-century Chinese Christian was a man who stood between cultures. The author shows how this dual aspect of his thought and outlook enabled him to act as liaison with foreigners promoting trade and commerce
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-236) and index
