• The Six-Day War of 1899
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The Six-Day War of 1899

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In 1899, a year after the Convention of Peking leased the New Territories to Britain, the British moved to establish control. This triggered resistance by some of the population of the New Territor...
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Price: £20.00
Pages: 304
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Series: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
Publication Date: 19 April 2008
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9789888139545
Format: Paperback
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"An 1899 newspaper headline called the war 'The Ferment in the Hinterland', but it went flat very quickly. Well researched and written with exemplary clarity, this carefully crafted account has restored the fizz, challenging received notions of the charac