| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Series |
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Prologue; 1 Arrival; 2 The New Territory; 3 Tsuen Wan and the Islands, 1959-1961; 4 Yuen Long, 1962-1967; 5 Seeds of Reform; 6 The Cultural Revolution; 7 Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary (Lands); 8 A Visit to China in 1973: FIFA; 9 China and FIFA: The End of Waiting; 10 Back to the Land; 11 Breaking Down the Fences; 12 The Expiring Lease; 13 'Hong Kong People Ruling Hong Kong'; 14 Behind the Headlines; 15 Xiamen; 16 The Beginning of Negotiations; 17 Negotiations Concluded, 1983-1985; 18 Signatures and Celebrations; 19 Chief Secretary |
| Summary |
This is a book for everyone with an interest in the recent history of Hong Kong and in an exceptional man who played a major part in that history as he ploughed a distinctive and individual, and sometimes controversial, path from District Officer to Acting Governor to Hong Kong Affairs Advisor |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Akers-Jones, David
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| SUBJECT |
Akers-Jones, David
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Akers-Jones, David fast |
| Subject |
Government executives -- China -- Hong Kong -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Employees
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Government executives
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Hong Kong (China) -- Officials and employees -- Biography
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Hong Kong (China) -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
China -- Hong Kong
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006432896 |
| ISBN |
9789882201316 |
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9882201318 |
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1282704206 |
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9781282704206 |
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9786612704208 |
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6612704209 |
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