Lam Woo was a highly successful Chinese building contractor based in Hong Kong in the early twentieth century. He exemplifies the marginal group of people who joined the Chinese diaspora because of poverty and political turmoil. Lam Woo belonged to the educated, westernised, Christian Chinese culture that supported the overthrow of the Qing dynasty.
| ISBN: | 9789629967840 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 2017 |
| Author: | Moira Chan-Yeung |
| Publisher: | The Chinese University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Series: | Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith |
| Genres: |
Biography: business and industry Construction and heavy industry Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy Asian history |