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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ure, Gavin.

Series:

Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Colonial Office--Influence.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Colonial Office.

Political planning--China--Hong Kong--History--20th century.

Political planning.

History.

Hong Kong (China)--Politics and government.

Hong Kong (China).

China--Hong Kong.

Physical Description:

x, 301 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2012.

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-286) and index.

ISBN:

9789888083947

9888083945

OCLC:

793690163