History of Hong Kong (Record no. 56137)
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| fixed length control field | 03736 a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780006388715 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 951.25 |
| Item number | WEL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Welsh, Frank |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | History of Hong Kong |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Harper Collins Publisher |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1997 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvi,652,ip. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>FOREWORD . xi<br/>FOREWORD TO THE REVISED EDITION xv<br/>INTRODUCTION<br/>Unwilling paients I<br/>I THE TWO EMPIRES<br/>The last dynasty I; An CIIIPire acquired in a fit of absent-mindedness I8; A cross and GOSti.Voyage 25 11<br/>2 A STREAM OF SILVER 32<br/>The plant of joy 3a; Insolent, capricious, and vexatious procedures 38;I n'ever saw a chest of opium in my life 4Ii A set of popinjays 47; A snug business so; Who can desire a war with China? 57<br/>3 THE HUMILIATION OF LORD NAPIER 62<br/>The epitaph drear: 'A fool lies here/Who tried to hustle the East' 6z;A matter of Ilational prestige 68; Not to lose the enjoyment of what we have got 71; Yoor mcist bumble and obedient servant 76; The War of Lancelot Dent's Collar 79; Opium and whisky 97<br/>-4 UNJUST TREATIES? . 101<br/>A protecting joss IoI; Guns at the Porcelain Tower 1l4i The Poppy War is ended I 20 ; an umpire between the whisky 97<br/>5 A BARREN ISLAND . . 132<br/>A free and inexpensive asylum 132; Methods ofproceeding unknown in other British colonies 143; respectable and opulent Chinese 152<br/>6 THE DAVIS RAID 155 <br/>A negro streaked with leprosy 155; The dreadful sight of an Englishman being hanged 161; Sulphur, pitch, beer or porter- and opium 167; If they attack our people, they will be shot 175<br/>7 RETRENCHMENT 184<br/>Houses of bad fame, billiard rooms and boats 184; Chinese 2: Plenipotentiary 199<br/>8 THE TUMULT AND THE SHOUTING DIES 211<br/>A reckless spirit of hostility 211; Kowloon 223; What a land is this ...228; Not too Scotch 233; Unlawful games 236; A royal visit .242<br/>9 .SOME DISTASTEFUL TOPICS 252<br/>The evils of sewage flushing 252; ... syphilis is only communicable by contact 261; I have had my eyes on those junks for a quarter of a century 266; Travellers' tales 276<br/>10 FORTRESS HONG KONG 280<br/>The defence of greater Britain 280; In search of Ia gloirt 285; General Sargent's guns 292; The politics of plague 297<br/>11 A SLIGHT EXTENSION TO 'l'HE COLONY OF<br/>HONG KONG 313<br/>A suitable occasion for action 313; The lease hath all too short a date 321 ;Scoundrelly leaders of secret societies 334; Sir Matthew's railway 342<br/>12 HONG KONG AND THE CHINESE REVOLUTION 347<br/>Pernicious parliamentarians 347; An act of high patriotism to fornicate 352 ) <br/>13 A COLONIAL BACKWATER 374<br/>Faces shut like doors 374; A war with Japan! But why should there be a war with japan? 386; Little. sisters 393; Stumbling towards the twentieth century 399<br/>14 THE GREATER EAST ASIA CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE 405<br/>A passive and shameful acquiescence 405; Essentially a blockade 410; Thanks to japan, we are now a free people 417; The British Empire has been entirely written off 42 3; The electorate of Britain didn't care a brass<br/>farthing about Hong Kong 434<br/>15 BETWEEN FOUR STOOLS 442<br/>Anglo-Saxon attitudes 442; Autodecolonization 460; Stiff upper lips 466<br/>16 The Golden Years 475<br/>The judicious application of cash 475 ; corruption , the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty 489 ; losing nerve 494<br/>17 Recessional 503<br/>Now, when you say that …503 ; further proceedings stood postponed 518 ; tanks in Tiananmen square 523 ; voluntas populi suprema lex? 535<br/>EPILOGUE<br/>Picking up the pieces 553; Upstanding, flourishing and trading 559<br/>APPENDIX A: BRITISH GOVERNMENTS AND<br/>PROMINENT CHINESE 568<br/>APPENDIX B: GOVERNORS OF HONG KONG 574<br/>NOTES AND SOURCES 575<br/>BIBLIOG,IAPHY 602<br/>LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 619<br/>INDEX 621<br/> |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 67633 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | UK |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | General |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 04/09/2019 | Swidon Book Co. Ltd. | 2068.40 | 2 | 951.25 WEL | 021112 | 02/09/2022 | 30/08/2022 | 2068.40 | 04/06/2019 | Book |