Governors, politics, and the Colonial Office [electronic resource] : public policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58 / Gavin Ure.
Material type: TextSeries: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Hong Kong, China : Hong Kong University Press, 2012 2012) 2015)Description: 1 online resource (1 electronic text (x, 301 p.) :) digital fileISBN:- 9789882208834
- 320.6095125 23
- JQ1539.5 .U733 2012
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 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.
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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