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

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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1. Verfasser: Ure, Gavin (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hong Kong Hong Kong Univ. Press 2012
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung: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
Beschreibung:X, 301 S. 23 cm
ISBN:9789888083947

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