Bookcast HK ep.12 - Fortune's Bazaar | Guest: Vaudine England

在十月的Bookcast，我們邀請到資深記者、萊頓大學（Leiden University）亞洲史博士候選人Vaudine England介紹其今年出版的著作Fortune’s Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong。Fortune’s Bazaar檢視了香港這個大都會的根基。本書聚焦了那些對香港首個世紀的發展尤為關鍵的人物，當中許多人既非英國人，也不是華人。他們是馬來人、印度人、猶太人、亞美尼亞人、波斯人、葡萄牙人、亞歐人和中印人——或即香港人。他們參與建立一些歷經時代考驗、屹立至今的機構，貢獻良多，卻常遭忽視。這些人物的故事反映了香港作為一個多族裔社會的歷史淵緣，從橫跨印度洋及其他海洋的古代貿易路線中亦有跡可尋。本集 Bookcast HK 的討論語言為英語。收聽連結請見bio。主持｜黎穎詩博士 書名｜Fortune’s Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong作者｜Vaudine England出版｜US: Scribner (2023); UK: Corsair (2023)ISBN｜978-1-4721-5714-0/978-1-9821-8451-3⚯In October’s Bookcast, we are honoured to invite Vaudine England to discuss her newly published book Fortune’s Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong. Vaudine is a journalist with three decades of experience in South East Asia and Hong Kong. Currently residing in Amsterdam, she is pursuing a PhD in Asian history at Leiden University and is a research associate with the Hong Kong History Project at the University of Bristol.Fortune’s Bazaar gives a detailed examination of the foundation of Hong Kong, or who and what made Hong Kong a metropolitan. The book focuses on the most influential figures during Hong Kong’s first century. Many of whom were neither British or Chinese – they were Malay or Indian, Jewish, Armenian, Parsi, Portuguese, Eurasian or Chindian – or simply, Hongkongers. While some may have been long forgotten, they played pivotal roles in the formation of institutions that survives times and continues to exist today. The people represent Hong Kong’s roots of a multiethnic community, which was linked to ancient trading routes across the Indian and other oceans.This episode will be in English. Please see our bio for listening to Bookcast HK.Moderator｜Dr. Chloe LAITitle｜Fortune’s Bazaar: The Making of Hong KongAuthor｜Vaudine EnglandPublisher｜US: Scribner (2023); UK: Corsair (2023)ISBN｜978-1-4721-5714-0/978-1-9821-8451-3