晚清出洋者看香港早期城市化

Hong Kong's Early Urbanization in the Eyes of Travelers Going Abroad in the Late Qing Dynasty

城市化是香港近代化的重要组成部分。晚清,许多出洋者行游西方,途经或驻足香港。他们看到香港从"弹丸荒岛"向自由港的转变以及这个进展迅速的过程。他们观察到香港城市化建设中的博物馆、监狱、花园等硬件并体察到其中蕴含的近代气息,注意到香港"独特"的税制和先进的管理水平。此外,香港早期城市化过程中的一些社会问题也为出洋者关注。他们的视域得到扩宽,这体现了香港尺幅万里的窗口功效。

Urbanization is an important component element of Hong Kong＇ modernization. In the late Qing Dynasty, the travelers visited the west countries; they passed by or stop at Hong Kong. They witnessed Hong Kong＇s transformation from a tiny island to a free-trade port, and the speedy progress of that. They wimessed its city construction, such as museum, prisons, gardens and so on, and the modern factors of them. They observed its special tax system and advanced management level. In addition, they paid close attention to some social problems in the early stage of urbanization. Their views were widened. The window function of Hong Kong was delicately embodied.