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Governors, Politics and The Colonial Office [Recurso electrónico] : Public Policy in Hong Kong, 1918?8 / Gavin Ure.

Por: Colaborador(es): Tipo de material: TextoTextoSeries Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series | Book collections on Project MUSEDetalles de publicación: Hong Kong, China : Hong Kong University Press, 2012 2012) 2015)Descripción: 1 online resource (1 electronic text (x, 301 p.) :) digital fileTipo de contenido:
  • texto
Tipo de medio:
  • con mediación
Tipo de soporte:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789882208834
Tema(s): Género/Forma: Formatos físicos adicionales: Print version:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD:
  • 320.6095125
Clasificación LoC:
  • JQ1539.5 .U733 2012
Recursos en línea:
Contenidos:
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.
Resumen: 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.
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Issued as part of 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 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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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.

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