New Book Publication: Death and Emotions in Anglo-China by Dr. Bobby Tam

The Department of History is delighted to celebrate the publication of Dr. Bobby Tam's new monograph, Death and Emotions in Anglo-China, published by Bloomsbury Academic.

Examining the complex cultural and social interactions between British colonial actors and local Chinese communities in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Hong Kong and Chinese treaty ports, the book offers a fresh perspective on how practices surrounding death, mourning, and emotional expression shaped colonial governance.

By analyzing archival records, personal diaries, and community rituals, Dr. Tam demonstrates how contested attitudes toward mortality and bereavement reflected broader dynamics of power, empire, and cultural negotiation.

Dr. Tam's research bridges the history of emotions, colonial administration, and East Asian social history, shedding light on the everyday human experiences that underlay imperial policy.

Death and Emotions in Anglo-China makes a vital contribution to modern Chinese and British imperial histories, offering scholars and students compelling new insights into the emotional geography of Anglo-Chinese relations.