Thistle and bamboo
Subtitle: the life and times of Sir James Stewart Lockhart
By: Shiona Airlie.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Hong Kong; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Lockhart, James H. Stewart Sir, 1858-1937.; Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Colonial administrators -- China -- Hong Kong -- Biography.; Colonial administrators -- China -- Biography.
Description: Biography of Sir James Stewart Lockhart, a British Colonial official in Hong Kong and China. He became a Confucian and was treated as a Chinese mandarin by the mandarins themselves. His beliefs helped to shape present-day Hong Kong.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-248) and index.