| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 216 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Col. ill. on lining papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; verso; Dedication; Table of Contents; Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Prologue: Tendencies and Forces; 1. The Lugards; 2. Big Subjects and Solemn Things; 3. Great Talk of Reforms; 4. Universities in the Air; 5. Hong Kong Education; 6. Anxious to Succeed; 7. The General Objects in View; 8. An Unfortunate Incident on a Boat; 9. Endowment; 10. No Pernicious Doctrines; 11. Materialism and Morality; 12. Private Munificence and Public Spirit; 13. Let All Tremble and Obey!; 14. The Ordeal; 15. The Ordinance and a Petition; 16. First in the Field. |
| Summary |
This book paints a very human picture of Lugard as a working governor in the relative stability of Hong Kong against a backdrop of the Chinese empire being torn apart by revolution. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lugard, F. D. (Frederick Dealtry), Sir, 1858-1945.
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Lugard, F. D. (Frederick Dealtry), Sir, 1858-1945. |
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Governors -- China -- Hong Kong -- Biography.
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Governors. |
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China -- Hong Kong. |
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Hong Kong (China) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| In: |
Digital Editions from Hong Kong University Press. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Mellor, Bernard. Lugard in Hong Kong. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©1992 9789622093164 (OCoLC)27099795 |
| ISBN |
9789882202108 (electronic book) |
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9882202101 (electronic book) |
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9789622093164 |
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9622093167 |
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9622093167 |
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