LEADER 02707nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910817175903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a988-220-920-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000159985 035 $a(EBL)877745 035 $a(OCoLC)782879928 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000665036 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11955834 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000665036 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10631436 035 $a(PQKB)11356519 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18829 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL877745 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10604704 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC877745 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000159985 100 $a20111206d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVia ports $efrom Hong Kong to Hong Kong /$fAlexander Grantham 205 $aNew ed. /$bwith an introduction by Lord Wilson of Tillyorn. 210 $aHong Kong $cHong Kong University Press ;$aLondon $cEurospan [distributor]$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (243 p.) 225 1 $aEchoes 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a988-8083-85-6 327 $aEchoes 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; Plates 330 3 $3aSir Alexander Grantham was Governor of Hong Kong from 1947 to 1957, one of the most dramatic decades in the city's history. This was a time of rapid reconstruction after World War II and growing prosperity. But civil war and revolution in China posed new challenges to the precarious British colony and tested Grantham's skills as a diplomat. In this lively memoir, first published in 1965, Grantham describes his thirty-five years in the British colonial service, which began in Hong Kong with a government cadetship in the 1920s and ended here in 1957. A new introduction by Lord Wilson of Tillyorn. 410 0$aEchos. 517 3 $afrom Hong Kong to Hong Kong 606 $aGovernors general$zChina$zHong Kong$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$xOfficials and employees$vBiography 607 $aHong Kong (China)$xHistory$y20th century$vSources 615 0$aGovernors general 676 $a352.233092 700 $aGrantham$b Alexander$01674425 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817175903321 996 $aVia ports$94039218 997 $aUNINA