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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Zhang, Jiawei. Hong Kong's watershed. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], ©2009 (DLC) 2010402458 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jiawei Zhang |
ISBN: | 9789622090897 9622090893 9789888052363 9888052365 |
OCLC Number: | 665560208 |
Language Note: | Text in English, bibliographical references and index with Chinese characters. |
Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 241 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations |
Contents: | Introduction The 1967 riots: A Watershed in the Postwar History of Hong Kong -- 1. Prelude to the 1967 riots -- 2. Labour dispute at the Hong Kong Artificial Flower Works: The immediate trigger of the 1967 riots -- 3. The Garden Road incident on May 22, 1967 -- 4. People's Daily editorial on June 3 and the general strikes -- 5. The Sha Tau Kok incident and bomb attacks -- 6. Britain's plan for emergency evacuation of Hong Kong -- 7. Hawks and doves within the British government in handling the disturbances -- 8. The arson attack on the office of British charge d'affaires and the murder of Lam Bun -- 9. Finale to the Hong Kong-style Cultural Revolution -- 10. Impact of the 1967 riots -- 11. Recollection and reflections by key players in the disturbances -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Responsibility: | Gary Ka-wai Cheung. |
Abstract:
This title analyses the causes and repercussions of the 1967 riots which are widely seen as a watershed of postwar history of Hong Kong. It depicts the prelude to the 1967 riots, including the Star Ferry riots in 1966, the leftist-instigated riots in Macau in 1966, and the major events leading to the disturbances.
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