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Lugard in Hong Kong : empires, education and a governor at work, 1907-1912 / Bernard Mellor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mellor, Bernard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lugard, F. D. (Frederick Dealtry), Sir, 1858-1945.
- Lugard, F. D.
- Governors--China--Hong Kong--Biography.
- Governors.
- Hong Kong (China)--History.
- Hong Kong (China).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- 17. Pathephone, the Scenic Railway, and HomeEpilogue: Universities of the Empire; Notes to Chapters; Sources; Biographical Index; Index
- Notes:
- Col. ill. on lining papers.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-70483-4
- 9786612704833
- 988-220-210-1
- OCLC:
- 655789743
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