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Watching Over Hong Kong: Private Policing 1841-1941
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Watching Over Hong Kong: Private Policing 1841-1941

Sheilah E. Hamilton
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Sheilah E. Hamilton shows the colonial administration introduced harsh legislation to control Chinese watchmen. She examines the growth of a hybrid police and argues the existence of such posts within the civil service resulted in greater social control of the local Chinese community.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press
Country
Hong Kong
Date
1 June 2008
Pages
244
ISBN
9789622099005

Sheilah E. Hamilton shows the colonial administration introduced harsh legislation to control Chinese watchmen. She examines the growth of a hybrid police and argues the existence of such posts within the civil service resulted in greater social control of the local Chinese community.

Read More
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press
Country
Hong Kong
Date
1 June 2008
Pages
244
ISBN
9789622099005

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