Thistle and Bamboo : The Life and Times of Sir James Stewart Lockhart /

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Colonial civil servant, Confucian scholar, and collector of Chinese art, Sir James Stewart Lockhart spent more than forty years in Hong Kong and Weihaiwei--the former British leased territory in northern China. His career reflects tension and upheaval in the emerging colony of Hong Kong and in a Chi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Airlie, Shiona, 1953-
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, 2010
Edición:Paperback ed.
Colección:Echoes (Hong Kong, China)
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lockhart, James H. Stewart > (James Haldane Stewart), > Sir, > 1858-1937.
Colonial administrators > China > Hong Kong > Biography.
Colonial administrators > China > Biography.
Colonial administrators > Great Britain > Biography.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword by Carol G.S. Tan
  • Preface to the paperback edition
  • Preface to the original edition
  • 1. Good abilities (1858-1879)
  • 2. A rigorous training (1879-1884)
  • 3. Protector of Chinese (1884-1889)
  • 4. A family man (1889-1895)
  • 5. Triumphs and tribulations (1895-1898)
  • 6. New territories, new horizons (1898-1902)
  • 7. Breaking down the barriers (1902-1904)
  • 8. Good companions (1904-1906)
  • 9. The scholar collector (1907-1912)
  • 10. A thankless task (1911-1918)
  • 11. Lingering on (1918-1921)
  • 12. The Confucian comes home (1921--1937)
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.

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