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May Days in Hong Kong: Riot and Emergency in 1967

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Robert Bickers ,Ray Yep
2009
Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
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This collection of essays and testimonies explores various facets of the anti-colonial riots which erupted in Hong Kong in May 1967, their causes, their impact on colonial policy, and Sino-British relations, and their legacy for Hong Kong society and governance, and the people of the territory.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Frontmatter

Contents

pp. v-vi

Contributors

pp. vii-x

1: Studying the 1967 riots: An overdue project

pp. 1-18

Section I: Strategy and History

2: The 1967 riots in Hong Kong: The domestic and diplomatic fronts of the governor

pp. 21-36

3: The 1967 riots: A legitimacy crisis?

pp. 37-52

4: On not being Macao(ed) in Hong Kong: British official minds and actions in 1967

pp. 53-68

5: A historical perspective: The 1967 riots and the strike-boycott of 1925-26

pp. 69-86

Section II: Policies and Legacies

6: Hong Kong headaches': Policing the 1967 disturbances

pp. 89-104

7: The banking and financial impact of the 1967 riots in Hong Kong

pp. 105-126

8: The riots and labour laws: The struggle for an eight-hour day for women factory workers, 1962-71

pp. 127-144

9: Learning from civil unrest: State/society relations in Hong Kong before and after the 1967 disturbances

pp. 145-160

Section III: Testimonies

1967: Witnesses remember

pp. 163-180

Notes

pp. 181-206

Bibliography

pp. 207-214

Index

pp. 215-222
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