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- Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
summary
This book offers the only comprehensive introduction to all the major parts of Hong Kong’s Criminal Justice System. It also offers an introduction to some key areas of the Hong Kong Legal System, including the Judiciary, Criminal Law and Legal Assistance.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- pp. ix-xiv
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xxvii-xxviii
- 2 Culture clash
- pp. 15-21
- 4 Beijing to Tokyo
- pp. 35-41
- 5 Samurai in pinstripes
- pp. 43-53
- 6 Chrysanthemums and politics
- pp. 55-68
- 7 Back to China, forward to France
- pp. 69-77
- 8 La ville lumi
- pp. 79-90
- 9 Chinese powder keg
- pp. 91-98
- 10 Dancing with Isadora
- pp. 99-104
- 11 “The golden goddess of tragedy”
- pp. 105-111
- 12 Scandal
- pp. 113-119
- 13 Empress Dowager Cixi
- pp. 123-127
- 14 Garden of Nurtured Harmony
- pp. 129-142
- 15 Lady of the court
- pp. 143-147
- 16 Eunuchs and jewels
- pp. 149-155
- 17 “A very precious child”
- pp. 157-165
- 18 Rumblings in paradise
- pp. 167-173
- 19 The Forbidden City
- pp. 175-185
- 20 Cat’s eyes and big feet
- pp. 187-191
- 21 A portrait for the Empress
- pp. 193-202
- 22 Hungry ghosts
- pp. 203-213
- 23 Imperial birthday
- pp. 215-229
- 24 War clouds
- pp. 231-237
- 25 “First-class female official”
- pp. 239-250
- 26 East is West, West is East
- pp. 253-258
- 27 Flapper “princess"
- pp. 259-264
- 28 “To others she may have been cruel . . .”
- pp. 265-272
- 29 On the defense
- pp. 273-282
- 30 Scheherazade of the Hotel Wagons-Lits
- pp. 283-293
- 32 Squeeze money
- pp. 303-312
- 33 China reborn
- pp. 313-320
- 34 Princess of patriots
- pp. 321-328
- Family Tree
- p. 366
- Bibliography
- pp. 367-374
- Index [contains image plates]
- pp. 375-389
Additional Information
ISBN
9789888052394
Related ISBN(s)
9789622098817
MARC Record
OCLC
781309648
Pages
444
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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