Lugard in Hong Kong empires, education and a governor at work, 1907-1912 - Mellor, Bernard (Hong Kong University Press, 1992)
Col. ill. on lining papers
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Cover; Title Page; verso; Dedication; Table of Contents; Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Prologue: Tendencies and Forces; 1. The Lugards; 2. Big Subjects and Solemn Things; 3. Great Talk of Reforms; 4. Universities in the Air; 5. Hong Kong Education; 6. Anxious to Succeed; 7. The General Objects in View; 8. An Unfortunate Incident on a Boat; 9. Endowment; 10. No Pernicious Doctrines; 11. Materialism and Morality; 12. Private Munificence and Public Spirit; 13. Let All Tremble and Obey!; 14. The Ordeal; 15. The Ordinance and a Petition; 16. First in the Field
This book paints a very human picture of Lugard as a working governor in the relative stability of Hong Kong against a backdrop of the Chinese empire being torn apart by revolution