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- Colonial Hong Kong in the Eyes of Elsie Tu
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
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This is a book with strong messages for today. Mrs Tu's deep concerns about the current international scene have the most immediate and obvious topical relevance. But there is an equally strong lesson in her description of the corruption that used to be so pervasive in Hong Kong and her battles against it.
Table of Contents
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- Autobiographical Note
- pp. 1-6
- 4. Hawkers as Prey to Corruption
- pp. 35-42
- 5. The Chronic Housing Problem
- pp. 43-48
- 10. Even the Legal System . . .
- pp. 85-94
- 11. Corruption Reaches out to Transport
- pp. 95-102
- 12. Two Summers of Discontent: 1966 and 1967
- pp. 103-112
- 13. Peter Godber Gives the Game Away
- pp. 113-118
- 15. Democracy in Hong Kong
- pp. 127-132
- 16. Step-by-Step Democracy
- pp. 133-144
- 18. Hong Kong's Future After 2007
- pp. 153-156
- 9. Colonial Ignorance
- pp. 157-162
- PART 2. What Happened to Democracy?
- pp. 176-177
- 20. Why Write About Democracy?
- pp. 165-168
- 21. What Is Democracy?
- pp. 169-170
- 22. The Development of Democracy
- pp. 171-174
- 23. A Machiavellian Era
- pp. 175-182
- 24. The Imperialist Mind
- pp. 183-186
- 25. How Democratic Is a Stolen Country?
- pp. 187-194
- 26. Economic Colonialism
- pp. 195-198
- 27. Fascism After the Second World War
- pp. 199-204
- 28. The Legacy of the Monroe Doctrine
- pp. 205-212
- 29. Democracy Misinterpreted
- pp. 213-222
- 30. A New Concept of Democracy
- pp. 223-232
- 31. Voting Systems
- pp. 233-238
- APPENDICES
- pp. 251-252
- Appendix A
- pp. 253-260
- Appendix B
- pp. 261-270
- Appendix C
- pp. 271-276
- Appendix D
- pp. 277-302
- Appendix E
- pp. 303-316
- Reference Books
- p. 317
Additional Information
ISBN
9789882200791
Related ISBN(s)
9789622096066
MARC Record
OCLC
647849845
Pages
332
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No