Last post : the end of empire in the Far East
Keay, John1997
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From the 1930 surrender of Weihaiwei ('the other Hong Kong') to the 1997 return of Hong Kong itself, Keay charts the extinction of empire, exploring how the shared experience of recession and war drew the very different empires of the Far East together.
Main title:
Last post : the end of empire in the Far East / John Keay.
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Imprint:
London : John Murray, 1997.
Collation:
xi, 385p., [16]p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-375) and index.
ISBN:
9780719553462 (hbk)
Dewey class:
951.2505950.4
Local class:
951.2505
Language:
English
BRN:
480518