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_aWelsh, Frank _969882 |
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| 245 | _aHistory of Hong Kong | ||
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_aLondon _bHarper Collins Publisher _c1997 |
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| 300 | _axvi,652,ip. | ||
| 505 | _aContents FOREWORD . xi FOREWORD TO THE REVISED EDITION xv INTRODUCTION Unwilling paients I I THE TWO EMPIRES The last dynasty I; An CIIIPire acquired in a fit of absent-mindedness I8; A cross and GOSti.Voyage 25 11 2 A STREAM OF SILVER 32 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 3 THE HUMILIATION OF LORD NAPIER 62 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 -4 UNJUST TREATIES? . 101 A protecting joss IoI; Guns at the Porcelain Tower 1l4i The Poppy War is ended I 20 ; an umpire between the whisky 97 5 A BARREN ISLAND . . 132 A free and inexpensive asylum 132; Methods ofproceeding unknown in other British colonies 143; respectable and opulent Chinese 152 6 THE DAVIS RAID 155 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 7 RETRENCHMENT 184 Houses of bad fame, billiard rooms and boats 184; Chinese 2: Plenipotentiary 199 8 THE TUMULT AND THE SHOUTING DIES 211 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 9 .SOME DISTASTEFUL TOPICS 252 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 10 FORTRESS HONG KONG 280 The defence of greater Britain 280; In search of Ia gloirt 285; General Sargent's guns 292; The politics of plague 297 11 A SLIGHT EXTENSION TO 'l'HE COLONY OF HONG KONG 313 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 12 HONG KONG AND THE CHINESE REVOLUTION 347 Pernicious parliamentarians 347; An act of high patriotism to fornicate 352 ) 13 A COLONIAL BACKWATER 374 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 14 THE GREATER EAST ASIA CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE 405 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 farthing about Hong Kong 434 15 BETWEEN FOUR STOOLS 442 Anglo-Saxon attitudes 442; Autodecolonization 460; Stiff upper lips 466 16 The Golden Years 475 The judicious application of cash 475 ; corruption , the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty 489 ; losing nerve 494 17 Recessional 503 Now, when you say that …503 ; further proceedings stood postponed 518 ; tanks in Tiananmen square 523 ; voluntas populi suprema lex? 535 EPILOGUE Picking up the pieces 553; Upstanding, flourishing and trading 559 APPENDIX A: BRITISH GOVERNMENTS AND PROMINENT CHINESE 568 APPENDIX B: GOVERNORS OF HONG KONG 574 NOTES AND SOURCES 575 BIBLIOG,IAPHY 602 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 619 INDEX 621 | ||
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