| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Title also in Chinese. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208) and index. |
| Contents |
FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HONG KONG MARINE POLICE; 1. THE MARINE MAGISTRATE 1841-1845; 2. UNTRUSTWORTHY AND ILL-PAID' 1845-1860; 3.'HULKS' 1860-1872; 4. CONSOLIDATION 1872-1884; 5. THE OLD LADY OF TSIM SHA TSUI' 1884-1991; 6. STEAM! 1885-1898; 7. NEW TERRITORIES -- NEW EVERYTHING 1898-1909; 8.COMING OF AGE 1909-1922; 9. THE TURBULENT TWENTIES 1922-1928; 10. THE DOOMED THIRTIES 1929-1937; 11. THE WATER POLICE IN 1937 -- A PROFILE; 12. END OF AN ERA 1938-1942; 13. RESURRECTION: THE NEW BEGINNING 1942-1946; 14. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FLEET 1946-1948. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Harbor police -- China -- Hong Kong -- History.
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Harbor police. |
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China -- Hong Kong. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Note |
Cover title also in Chinese: Shui jing |
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Cover title also in Chinese: 水警局 |
| Added Title |
Hong Kong marine police 1841-1950 |
| In: |
HKU Press digital editions. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ward, Iain. Sui geng. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©1991 9789622092860 (OCoLC)27349510 |
| ISBN |
9789882202832 (electronic book) |
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9882202837 (electronic book) |
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9622092861 |
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9789622092860 |
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