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Customs tariff China. Maritime Customs 1900? • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 337
Eastern fortress : a military history of Hong Kong, 1840-1970 /Kwong Chi Man and Tsoi Yiu Lun. "Celebrated as a trading port, Hong Kong was also Britain's 'eastern fortress'. Likened by many to Gibraltar and Malta, the colony was a vital but vulnerable link in imperial strategy, exposed to a succession of enemies in a turbulent age and a troubled region. This book examines Hong Kong's developing role in the Victorian imperial defence system, the emerging challenges from Russia, France, the United States, Germany, Japan and other powers, and preparations in the years leading up to the Second World War. A detailed chapter offers new interpretations of the Battle of Hong Kong of 1941, when the colony succumbed to the Japanese invasion. The remaining chapters discuss Hong Kong's changing strategic role during the Cold War and the winding down of the military presence. The book not only focuses on policies and events, but also explores the social life of the garrison in Hong Kong, the struggles between military and civil authorities, and relations between the armed forces and civilians in Hong Kong. Drawing on original research in archives around the world, including English, Japanese, and Chinese sources, this is the first full-length study of the defence of Hong Kong from the beginning of the colonial period to the end of British military interests East of Suez in 1970. Illustrated with images and detailed maps, Eastern Fortress will be of interest to both students of history and general readers."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48(512.317)
The origin and organisation of the Chinese Customs Service China. Maritime Customs 1922 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 337(51)
Badas and Tambelan, Pulau-pulau Lingaa and Riau, with the various routes leading to Singapore and South China Great Britain. Hydrographer of the Navy 1996 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83
Sungai Kapuas Ketjil, Kepulauan Riouw and Lingga, with the various routes leading to Singapore and the China Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1966 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83
Badas and Tambelan, Pulau-pulau Lingaa and Riau, with the various routes leading to Singapore and South China Great Britain. Hydrographer of the Navy 1999 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83
Gu gong zhong biao / Gu gong bo wu yuan bian [zhuan gao Guan Xueling ... et al.] = Timepieces in the Imperial Palace / edited by the Palace Museum. Gu gong bo wu yuan (China) 2008. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 681.11:069(510)
Symbols of authority : studies on the Chinese flag collection held by the National Maritime Museum, London /edited by Guangdong Revolutionary History Museum, Editor-in-Chief May Bo Ching. Ching, May Bo 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
Code of customs regulations and procedure Wright, Stanley R (comp) 1933 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 337(51)
Oriental export market porcelain and its influence on European wares Godden, Geoffrey A 1979 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 738.1(51/52)"17"
Occupational mortality among merchant seafarers in the British, Singapore and Hong Kong fleets (1981-1995) Roberts, Stephen 1998 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 312.2:656.61.071.22
The Taiping rebellion : history Michael, Franz 1972 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1850/1864"(51)
Operation red Jericho / Joshua Mowll. Mowll, Joshua. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-3
Peking 1900 : the Boxer rebellion Harrington, Peter 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1900"(511.12)
Canoeing down Everest Jones, Mike 1979 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 797.122(235.24)
The emporium of the world : maritime Quanzhou, 1000-1400 /edited by Angela Schottenhammer. "This volume, by offering a score of new insights derived from a wide variety of recent archaeological and textual sources, bring to life an important overseas trading port in Southeast Asia: Quanzhou. During the Song and Yuan dynasties active official and unofficial engagement in trade had formative effects on the development of the maritime trade of Quanzhou and its social and economic position both regionally and supraregionally. In the first part subjects such as the impact of the Song imperial clan and the local âelites on these developments, the economic importance of metals, coins, paper money, and changes in the political economy, are amply discussed.The second part concentrates on the quantitative and qualitative analysis of archaeological data and materials, the investigation of commodities from China, their origins, distribution and final destinations, the use of foreign labour, and the particular role of South Thailand in trade connections, thus supplying the hard data underlying the main argument of the book."--Provided by the publisher. 2001. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382/.0951/245
Chinese export watercolours Clunas, Craig 1984 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7.032.11
The Great Wall at sea : China's Navy in the twenty-first century /Bernard D. Cole. Cole, Bernard D., 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"21"(51)
The IG in Peking : letters of Robert Hart, Chinese Maritime Customs, 1868-1907 Hart, Robert 1975 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 337(51)
A tale of two ventures : Wah Kwong at 60 /photographs by Basil Pao. Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited 2012 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 347.792WAH
Fifty-five days of terror : the story of the Boxer rebellion Hirschfeld, Burt 1971 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1900"(51)
The fall of Tsingtao Hoyt, Edwin P 1975 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.415(513)
Bluejackets and Boxers : Australia's naval expedition to the Boxer uprising Nicholls, Bob 1986 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(94)
A voyage to war : an Englishman's account of Hong Kong 1936-41 /taken from the original correspondence by Peter Dulley ; written and edited by Hugh Dulley. "Hugh Dulley's father (Peter Dulley) and mother (Therese Sander) met in Hong Kong on New Year's Eve 1935. Four years later at the outbreak of war Peter, a weekend sailor, was called up in the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He eventually graduated to commanding an ocean-going tug of 500 tons from Hong Kong to Aden. En route he called at islands still enjoying pre-war peacetime and navigated across the Indian Ocean using a sextant. In July 1940 Therese, who was eight months pregnant, was evacuated from Hong Kong to the Philippines, where Hugh was born. They then travelled to Australia after a short stop in Hong Kong, which was to be the last time she saw Peter. Collected here is Peter's correspondence to Therese over a period of six years. Edited and condensed by Hugh, it paints a unique and often humorous picture of life in Hong Kong in World War 2. It is published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong."--Provided by the publisher. 2016 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545.9(512.317)