| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
public policy in Hong Kong, 1918-58 |
| Author: |
UreGavin, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Hong Kong, China |
| Published: |
Hong Kong University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2012 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (x, 301 p.). |
| Series: |
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series |
| Subject: |
Political planning - History - China - 20th century - |
| Subject: |
Hong Kong (China) - Politics and government - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789882208834/ |
| Notes: |
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE |
| Summary: |
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 |
| ISBN: |
9789882208834electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9789888083947hbk. |
| Content Note: |
1. Introduction -- 2. Governors, cadets, unofficials and the Colonial Office -- 3. The origins of policy, 1917-30 -- 4. Britain's influenceover 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 |