Scouting in Hong Kong, 1910-2010: Citizenship training in colonial and Chinese contexts

Name: Scouting in Hong Kong, 1910-2010: Citizenship training in colonial and Chinese contexts
Rating: 5 (6 reviews)

Paul Kua · 柯保羅

May 2024 · Propius Press

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Scouting in Hong Kong, 1910-2010: Citizenship training in colonial and Chinese contexts, originally issued in 2011 as a hardcover book when the Hong Kong youth movement celebrated its centenary, is republished with revisions in 2024 as a paperback and an ebook. The narratives and analyses developed here covered the "what, how, when and who" and the "why and so what" of the development of the Hong Kong Scout Movement from 1910 to 2010, using a large volume of primary sources. It tells the story of Hong Kong Scouting based the theme of citizenship training for youth and its defining categories, esp. that of race, class, gender, and age, both colonial and post'colonial. The book is also richly illustrated with interesting and instructive images, many of which came from the Hong Kong Scout Archives. The study, originally based on a Ph. D. dissertation, is not meant to be an institutional hagiography. Instead, it is a critical study aimed at both general readers and readers with more specific interests, and should enrich their understanding of the histories of Scouting, youth, citizenship education, the colonies, the British Empire, and decolonization, China and Hong Kong.

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5.0

6 reviews

Matt C.

September 11, 2024

A comprehensive history of Scouting in Hong Kong. Many nice illustrations! 香港童軍必讀！

Maar

October 6, 2024

Recommended!

About the author

Paul Kua holds a Ph. D. in history and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has published books, chapters and papers in English/Chinese on history of East-West encounters, mission history in Asia, Chinese numismatics, and history of education and Scouting. Recent works incl. Scouting in Hong Kong, 1910-2010, 2nd ed. (London: Propius, 2024), Europe meets Formosa, 1510-1662 (London: Propius, 2023), Two Centuries of Excellence (H.K.: Joint Publishing, 2022, 69-211), 香港童軍故事 (香港:三聯, 2019), 皕載英華 (香港:三聯, 2018, 88-232), and peer-reviewed articles in journals issued by Academia Sinica, Brill, OUP, Routledge and several universities (see https://hku-hk.academia.edu/PaulKua or https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Kua-2).

Paul joined the Hong Kong Scout Movement in late 1960s, and has been involved since then as a youth member/volunteer leader/supporter. He had served as Deputy Chief Commissioner, Association Archivist, etc. of Scout Association of Hong Kong and on Management Sub-Committee of the Asia Pacific Scout Region. He is also a Baden-Powell Fellow of the World Scout Foundation.

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