Table of Contents

Introduction; I: Founding a Colony; 1: ‘Anglo-China': The Opium War and the British Acquisition of Hong Kong; 2: ‘Her Majesty's Chinese Subjects': Government and People in Early British Hong Kong; I: Crime and Justice; 3: ‘Cheap, Summary and Sharp Justice': The Early Hong Kong Magistracy; 4: ‘A Mischievous Abomination': Trial by Jury in Early Colonial Hong Kong; 5: ‘Giving Justice a Second Chance': Reforms to the Judicial System, 1849–1857; I: Finding an Equilibrium; 6: ‘Treacherous and Reckless Barbarians': War and Civil Unrest, 1856–1858; 7: ‘A Reign of Terror': Corruption, Scandal, and the Caldwell Affair, 1857–1861; 8: ‘A Social Revolution': Forming a Colonial Relationship, the 1860s and Beyond; Conclusion

About the Author

Christopher Munn

Reviews

'Extraordinarily well-researched, the book contains a great wealth of information. Christopher Munn's book is an important contribution to scholarship; it greatly advances our knowledge of the relations between Chinese and Europeans in the 1840s-1870s. All those interested in the history of Hong Kong should read this splendid work.' - The China Review

'...superb...an impressive achievement...' Peter Wesley-Smith China Perspectives

'Extraordinarily well-researched, the book contains a great wealth of information. Christopher Munn's book is an important contribution to scholarship; it greatly advances our knowledge of the relations between Chinese and Europeans in the 1840s-1870s. All those interested in the history of Hong Kong should read this splendid work.' - The China Review

'Superb...an impressive achievement.' -China Perspectives