02724nam 2200577Ia 450 991046107550332120200520144314.0988-220-920-3(CKB)2670000000159985(EBL)877745(OCoLC)782879928(SSID)ssj0000665036(PQKBManifestationID)11955834(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000665036(PQKBWorkID)10631436(PQKB)11356519(MiAaPQ)EBC877745(MdBmJHUP)muse18829(Au-PeEL)EBL877745(CaPaEBR)ebr10604704(EXLCZ)99267000000015998520111206d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVia ports[electronic resource] from Hong Kong to Hong Kong /Alexander GranthamNew ed. /with an introduction by Lord Wilson of Tillyorn.Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press ;London Eurospan [distributor]20121 online resource (243 p.)EchoesIncludes index.988-8083-85-6 Echoes series; Author's Note; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction to the Paperback Edition; Part One: Pre-war Days; 1. Hong Kong, 1922-1935; 2. Bermuda, 1935-1938; 3. Jamaica, 1938-1941; Part Two: War Years; 4. Nigeria, 1942-1944; 5. Fiji and the South Pacific, 1945-1947; Part Three: Hong Kong, 1947-1957; 6. Return to Port, 1947-1957; 7. Communist China; 8. Retrospect; Index; PlatesaSir Alexander Grantham was Governor of Hong Kong from 1947 to 1957, one of the most dramatic decades in the city's history. This was a time of rapid reconstruction after World War II and growing prosperity. But civil war and revolution in China posed new challenges to the precarious British colony and tested Grantham's skills as a diplomat. In this lively memoir, first published in 1965, Grantham describes his thirty-five years in the British colonial service, which began in Hong Kong with a government cadetship in the 1920s and ended here in 1957. A new introduction by Lord Wilson of Tillyorn.Echos.Governors generalChinaHong KongBiographyGreat BritainColoniesOfficials and employeesBiographyHong Kong (China)History20th centurySourcesElectronic books.Governors general352.233092Grantham Alexander1045564MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461075503321Via ports2471963UNINA