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Taxation without representation : the history of Hong Kong's troublingly successful tax system /

This work tells an instructive tale of Hong Kong's tax system from 1940 until the present day. For Hong Kong's own historians and political scientists, it supplies cogent but previously neglected evidence of the influence of the territory's business interests.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Littlewood, Michael, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Supporting the British war effort : 1939-1945
  • After the war : 1945-1947
  • The governor goes native : 1947-1952
  • A "horse and buggy" statute : 1952-1961
  • Cowperthwaite is reined in : 1961-1971
  • Sincere failure or successful charade? : 1971-1981
  • The modern city-state : 1981-1997
  • The return to Chinese rule : 1997-2009
  • Epilogue : where to from here?