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An impossible dream : Hong Kong University from foundation to re-establishment, 1910-1950 / edited by Chan Lau Kit-ching and Peter Cunich.
- Title
- An impossible dream : Hong Kong University from foundation to re-establishment, 1910-1950 / edited by Chan Lau Kit-ching and Peter Cunich.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | LG51.H6 I6 2002 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxvi, 374 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-350) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The founding of the University of Hong Kong: British imperial ideals and Chinese practical common sense / Alfred H.Y. Lin -- The 'German factor' in the founding of the University of Hong Kong / Bert Becker -- Godliness and good learning: the British Missionary Societies and HKU / Peter Cunich -- Training teachers: processes, products, and purposes / Anthony Sweeting -- The Malayan connection / C. Mary Turnbull -- Women, gender, and HKU / Staci Ford -- Bookworms, dandies, and activists: student life at HKU in the 1920s and 1930s / Hans W.Y. Yeung -- The Hong Kong Portuguese community and its connections with Hong Kong University, 1914-1941 / Jason Wordie -- Campus activism in defense of China and Hong Kong, 1937-1941 / Fung Chi-ming -- University finances, 1911-1941 / Peter Cunich -- The university by report / Anthony Sweeting -- The re-establishment of the university, 1945-1950 / Chan Lau Kit-ching.
- ISBN
- 0195938429
- LCCN
- ^^2002193133
- OCLC
- 51242248
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library