Taxation without representation : the history of Hong Kong's troublingly successful tax system
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Taxation without representation : the history of Hong Kong's troublingly successful tax system
AUTHOR:
Littlewood, Michael, 1960-
ISBN:
9789622090996
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
x, 361 p. ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS:
Supporting the British war effort : 1939-1945 -- After the war : 1945-1947 -- The governor goes native : 1947-1952 -- A "horse and buggy" statute : 1952-1961 -- Cowperthwaite is reined in : 1961-1971 -- Sincere failure or successful charade? : 1971-1981 -- The modern city-state : 1981-1997 -- The return to Chinese rule : 1997-2009 -- Epilogue : where to from here?
SUBJECT:
| Taxation -- China -- Hong Kong -- History |
| Taxation -- Political aspects -- China -- Hong Kong |