| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Issued also in Chinese under title: Shi dian tou : Zhong Yijie hui yi lu. |
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Includes index. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Akers-Jones, David.
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Akers-Jones, David. |
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Government executives -- China -- Hong Kong -- Biography.
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Government executives. |
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China -- Hong Kong. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Hong Kong (China) -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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Hong Kong (China) -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Akers-Jones, David. Feeling the stones. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2004 9789622096554 (DLC) 2006432896 (OCoLC)55649881 |
| ISBN |
9789882201316 (electronic book) |
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9882201318 (electronic book) |
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9622096557 |
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9789622096554 |
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