Thistle and Bamboo The Life and Times of Sir James Stewart Lockhart

Author/creator Airlie, Shiona Author
Format Electronic
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoAberdeen : Hong Kong University Press New York : Columbia University Press [Distributor]
Description300 p. ill 08.500 x 05.500 in.
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SeriesEchoes: Classics of Hong Kong Culture and History Ser.
Summary Annotation Colonial civil servant, Confucian scholar, and collector of Chinese art, Sir James Stewart Lockhart spent more than forty years in Hong Kong and Weihaiwei -- the former British leased territory in northern China. His career reflects tension and upheaval in the emerging colony of Hong Kong and in a China rapidly giving way to civil war.
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ISBN9789888028924
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