TY - BOOK AU - Flowerdew,John TI - The final years of British Hong Kong: the discourse of colonial withdrawal SN - 0312177755 AV - DS796.H757 F58 1998 U1 - 951.2505 21 PY - 1998/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - St. Martin's Press KW - Hong Kong (China) KW - History KW - Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997 KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-248) and index; Acknowledgements --; Table of Acronyms --; Introduction --; 1; The Imperialist Background --; 2; From Early Development to the Beginnings of Retrocession --; 3; The Negotiations and the Joint Declaration --; 4; Representative Government and the Basic Law --; 5; Tiananmen and After --; 6; Enter Christopher Patten --; 7; Patten's Political Reform Programme --; 8; The Through Train Derailed --; 9; A Lame Duck Government? --; 10; The Die is Cast --; 11; Ideology and Values --; 12; Conclusion --; Index ER -