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Governors, politics, and the Colonial Office = public policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58 /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Governors, politics, and the Colonial Office/ Gavin Ure.
Reminder of title:	public policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58 /
Author:	Ure, Gavin.
Published:	Hong Kong, China :Hong Kong University Press, : 2012,
Description:	1 online resource (x, 301 p.).
Notes:	Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject:	Political planning - History - 20th century. - China -
Subject:	Hong Kong (China) - Rural conditions. -
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9789882208834 (electronic bk.)

Governors, politics, and the Colonial Office = public policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58 /
Ure, Gavin.

Governors, politics, and the Colonial Officepublic policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58 /[electronic resource] :Gavin Ure. - Hong Kong, China :Hong Kong University Press,2012 - 1 online resource (x, 301 p.). - Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series. - Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series..

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-286) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Governors, cadets, unofficials and the Colonial Office -- 3. The origins of policy, 1917-30 -- 4. Britain's influenceover 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.

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 various actors, including observing which actors fade in importance and which ones seize more of the stage.

ISBN: 9789882208834 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Corporate Names:

219226
Great Britain.
Colonial Office--Influence.Subjects--Topical Terms:

219227
Political planning
--History--China--20th century.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

208129
Hong Kong (China)
--Rural conditions.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

96803
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JQ1539.5 / .U733 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 320.6095125

Governors, politics, and the Colonial Office = public policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58 /
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