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Sui geng : the Hong Kong marine police 1841-1950 /

The Hong Kong Marine Police have patrolled Hong Kong's waters for a hundred and fifty eventful years, during a time which has been tumultuous, even for the China Coast. Pirates, typhoon, wars, triumphs and defeats have all play a part in their story, which in many ways reflects that of Hong Kon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ward, Iain
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©1991.
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  • FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HONG KONG MARINE POLICE; 1. THE MARINE MAGISTRATE 1841-1845; 2. UNTRUSTWORTHY AND ILL-PAID' 1845-1860; 3.'HULKS' 1860-1872; 4. CONSOLIDATION 1872-1884; 5. THE OLD LADY OF TSIM SHA TSUI' 1884-1991; 6. STEAM! 1885-1898; 7. NEW TERRITORIES
  • NEW EVERYTHING 1898-1909; 8.COMING OF AGE 1909-1922; 9. THE TURBULENT TWENTIES 1922-1928; 10. THE DOOMED THIRTIES 1929-1937; 11. THE WATER POLICE IN 1937
  • A PROFILE; 12. END OF AN ERA 1938-1942; 13. RESURRECTION: THE NEW BEGINNING 1942-1946; 14. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FLEET 1946-1948.