Governors, Politics and The Colonial Office : Public Policy in Hong Kong, 1918?8 /

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 vari...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ure, Gavin
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong, China : Hong Kong University Press, 2012
Series:Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Colonial Office > Influence.
Political planning > China > Hong Kong > History > 20th century.
Hong Kong (China) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Governors, cadets, unofficials and the Colonial Office
  • 3. The origins of policy, 1917-30
  • 4. Britain's influence over 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.

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