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Watching over Hong Kong : private policing 1841-1941
- Title
- Watching over Hong Kong : private policing 1841-1941 / Sheilah E. Hamilton.
- Author
- Hamilton, Sheilah E.
- Publication
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2008.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Description
- xii, 230 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "In this study, Sheilah Hamilton shows that, from the earliest days of British rule, the colonial administration introduced harsh legislation to control Chinese watchmen who were employed to protect the fledgling colony's property in the absence of an effective public police force. She examines the growth in different Hong Kong Government departments of what would now be regarded as 'hybrid' police and argues that the existence of such posts within the civil service resulted in greater social control of the local Chinese community at minimal extra expense."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
- Uniform Title
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
- Subject
- 1800-1999
- Private security services > China > Hong Kong > History > 19th century
- Private security services > China > Hong Kong > History > 20th century
- Police > China > Hong Kong > History > 19th century
- Police > China > Hong Kong > History > 20th century
- Police > China > History > 19th century
- Police > China > History > 20th century
- Private security services > China > History > 19th century
- Private security services > China > History > 20th century
- Police
- Private security services
- China > Hong Kong
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Early settlement of Hong Kong -- The District Watch Force -- Other local private security forces -- Government 'in-house' security or 'hybrid policing' -- Pirates, ships guards and shore watchmen -- Security in the new territories -- Watchmen in Shanghai -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9789622099005
- 9622099009
- 9789888028993
- 9888028995
- LCCN
- 2008438020
- OCLC
- ocn225876222
- 225876222
- SCSB-1492401
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library