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050		4	_aJQ1539.5 _b.U733 2012
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100	1		_aUre, Gavin.
245	1	0	_aGovernors, politics, and the Colonial Office _h[electronic resource] : _bpublic policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58 / _cGavin Ure.
260			_aHong Kong, China : _bHong Kong University Press, _c2012 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject Muse, _g2012) _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 electronic text (x, 301 p.) :) _bdigital file.
490	1		_aRoyal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-286) and index.
505	0		_a1. 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.
520	3		_aThis 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
610	1	0	_aGreat Britain. _bColonial Office _xInfluence.
650		0	_aPolitical planning _zChina _zHong Kong _xHistory _y20th century.
651		0	_aHong Kong (China) _xPolitics and government.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9888083945 _z9789888083947
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aRoyal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789882208834/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c35563 _d35563