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• Title:The fall of Hong Kong : Britain, China and the Japanese occupation / Philip Snow.
  
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• Author/Creator:Snow, Philip.
  
• Published/Created:New Haven : Yale University Press, 2003.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: DS796.H74 S64 2003
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:c.1 Missing - 10-16-2007
    c.2 Returned - 04-18-2024
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Hong Kong (China)--History--Siege, 1941.
  Hong Kong (China)--History--Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997.
  
• Description:xxvii, 477 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [440]-450) and index.
  
• ISBN:0300093527 (alk paper)
  
• Contents:1. Late Victorian Hill
  Pre-war Hong Kong: the British and their subjects
  shadow of Japan
  Japanese plan an invasion
  'An outpost to be held for as long as possible'
  2. Debacle
  Japanese cross the border
  Revolt in Kowloon
  Stemming the tide: British and Nationalists on Hong Kong Island
  British give in
  flight of the Admiral
  season of anarchy: Hong Kong in the hands of the 23rd Army
  3. World Turned Upside Down
  Yazaki, Isogai and the case for benevolence
  Elevating the Asians: the Japanese choose an elite
  gentry acquiesce
  Back to normal: the response of the middle classes
  Delegation of functions: the local underpinnings of Japanese rule
  British dethroned
  Britain versus the Allies
  4. Japanese Miss Their Chance
  Isogai, Arisue and the triumph of the jackboot
  elite drop away
  Hong Kong resistance - and British dependence
  Thoughts turn to Britain: nostalgia with qualifications
  British regroup: 'A new angle of vision'
  5. End Game
  Japanese shrug their shoulders
  elite get ready for change
  'We must get there first': the British and their competitors
  Operation Ethelred: the British slip back
  6. Frail Restoration
  Harcourt, MacDougall and a season of spring-cleaning
  'A critical shortage of supervisory staff'
  Pacifying the Nationalists
  Absolving the gentry
  'The Lees are building!'
  'The 1946 outlook': a drive for reform
  Retribution and rice bowls
  Japanese and the post-war transformation
  Epilogue: The past exorcised
  Epilogue: 'Hong Kong's second century': the resurgence of British morale
  Epilogue: Also ran: British business
  Epilogue: Another takeover: China recovers possession.