Many people and organizations have contributed to the making of this book.
As a historical work based almost entirely on primary source research, the help of the relevant archives, offices, and libraries has been indis- pensable for this book. These include New Asia College, New Asia Research Institute, the Hong Kong Public Records Office, the National Archives in the United Kingdom, Manuscripts and Archives at Yale University, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, the Yale-China Association, the Ford Foundation, the Harvard-Yenching Institute, and the Asia Foundation.
The comments and advice of many teachers and colleagues have been invaluable. These include Edward Davis, Peter Hoffenberg, Sharon Minichiello, Yue Ming-bao, Roger Ames, Shi Mingzheng, Timothy Weston, Glenn Shive, Kathryn Mohrman, Philip Yuen-sang Leung, Chan Wai-keung, Mark Hampton, and Richard Davis. Special thanks are due to my friend Michael Kurihara, my University of Hawaii dissertation supervisor Daniel W.Y. Kwok, and Chinese University of Hong Kong professor Lau Kwok-keung.