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 C...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Airlie, Shiona, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, HKU, 2010.
©2010
Series:Echoes (Hong Kong, China)
Subjects:
Lockhart, James H. Stewart > (James Haldane Stewart), > Sir, > 1858-1937.
Lockhart, James H. Stewart > (James Haldane Stewart), Sir, > 1858-1937.
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.
Administrateurs coloniaux > Chine > Hongkong > Biographies.
Administrateurs coloniaux > Chine > Biographies.
Administrateurs coloniaux > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Colonial administrators
China
China > Hong Kong
Great Britain
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Plates; Foreword; 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; Plates.

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