Title Early China coast meteorology : the role of Hong Kong / P. Kevin MacKeown.

Publication Info.	Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2010]
	©2010

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 289 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
	Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-277) and index.
Summary	Numerous personality clashes and financial and other intrigues surrounded the early efforts to set up an Observatory in Hong Kong. Blending personalities, politics and practicalities of studying the weather, this entertaining book provides valuable and informative insights into the public and private controversies growing out of responses to and responsibilities involved in the protection of life and property. This portrait is set firmly in the context of the history of Hong Kong as British colony on the China Coast and its role as a burgeoning commercial port within the trading complex of the Empire. It brings to life many of the people and institutions in Hong Kong and elsewhere on the development of meteorology on the China Coast.
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Subject	Hong Kong Observatory.
	Hong Kong Observatory.
	Meteorology -- China -- Hong Kong.
	Meteorology.
	China -- Hong Kong.
	Meteorology -- China.
	China.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: MacKeown, P.K. Early China coast meteorology. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2010 9789888028856 (DLC) 2011405283 (OCoLC)701422947
ISBN	9789888053759 (electronic book)
	9888053752 (electronic book)
	9789888028856
	9888028855

Title Early China coast meteorology : the role of Hong Kong / P. Kevin MacKeown.

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