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

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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Airlie, Shiona, 1953-
Collectivité auteur: Project Muse
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, 2010
Édition:Paperback ed.
Collection:Echoes (Hong Kong, China)
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.