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作者

Catherine S. Chan

来源

JOURNAL OF URBAN HISTORY,Vol.45,Issue2,P.321–332

语言

英文

关键字

Hong Kong, clock tower, colonial heritage, decolonalization, identity construction

作者单位

1University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

摘要

This study interprets the transformation of a European clock tower that was built in British Hong Kong. By examining its purpose and life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, I focus on the voices that spoke for the clock tower in times of crisis and change. Through a combination of government documents, newspaper articles, editorial letters, historical narratives, travel guides, and photographs, this study aims to show the transitions of the clock tower in line with the development of local identity in Hong Kong during the colonial era. It highlights the shift in colonial society from a racially segregated city to a cosmopolitan city shared, to a certain extent, by urban elites, foreign settlers, and local Chinese residents.