A BORROWED PLACE: The History of Hong Kong. WELSH, Frank. [ ]

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New York [1993], Kodansha. Black cloth spine, blue boards,28 14 color, 28 b. w. photos, 624p., index, bibliography, very good, dj., 2 appendices, list of H. K. Governors, British government officials et al, 16 x 23.5 cm. FIRST EDITION Contains a list of prominent Chinese, 1830-1992. Covers the two empires, opium question, humiliation of Lord Napier, unjust treaties, guns at the porcelain tower, Poppy War, respectable & opulent Chinese. Davis raid, Englishman being hanged, houses of bad fame, Kowloon, royal visit, fortress Hong Kong political plague. * A extension of the colony, secret societies, Sir Matthew's railway, war with Japan, Greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere, two cheers for colonialism! *

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