Meeting Place presents detailed studies of day-to-day interactions among people of different cultures in a variety of settings. By showing that there was sustained among men and women of different cultures, it complicates traditional historical understandings of Hong Kong as a city either of rigid segregation or of pervasive integration.
Through a history of a charitable institution, th Tung Wah Hospital, Elizabeth Sinn here aims to reshape and deepen our understanding of the evolving interactions between the Chinese community in Hong Kong and the colonial rulers.
