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Governors, politics, and the Colonial Officepublic policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58 /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Governors, politics, and the Colonial OfficeGavin Ure.
Reminder of title:	public policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58 /
Author:	Ure, Gavin.
Published:	Hong Kong, China :Hong Kong University Press,2012
Description:	1 online resource (x, 301 p.).
Notes:	Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject:	Political planningHistory20th century.China
Subject:	Hong Kong (China)Bibliography.Economic conditions
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9789882208834 (electronic bk.)

Governors, politics, and the Colonial Officepublic policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58 /
Ure, Gavin.

Governors, politics, and the Colonial Officepublic policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58 /[electronic resource] :Gavin Ure. - Hong Kong, China :Hong Kong University Press,2012 - 1 online resource (x, 301 p.). - Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series. - Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series..

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-286) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Governors, cadets, unofficials and the Colonial Office -- 3. The origins of policy, 1917-30 -- 4. Britain's influenceover Hong Kong's policy, 1929-41 -- 5. Autonomy and the threat to sovereignty -- 6. Income tax and treasury control -- 7. Constitutional reform and its demise -- 8. Post-war housing policy and the British government -- 9. Squatter resettlement -- 10. Financial autonomy -- 11. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book fleshes out the impact of political figures and how their actions, and inactions, affect various imperial or Hong Kong political and administrative affairs. The tendrils of Hong Kong's budding autonomy from the United Kingdom are identified and followed with attention paid to the various actors, including observing which actors fade in importance and which ones seize more of the stage.

ISBN: 9789882208834 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Corporate Names:

633231
Great Britain.
Colonial Office--Influence.Subjects--Topical Terms:

633232
Political planning
--History--China--20th century.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

437167
Hong Kong (China)
--Economic conditions--Bibliography.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JQ1539.5 / .U733 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 320.6095125

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