Keay, John. <br/><br/>
Last post :  the end of empire in the far East / 
John Keay. 
 - London :  John Murray,  1997. 
 - xi, 385 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill., map ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> GBP 10.99/-<br/>Gratis 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-375) and index. 
<br/><br/> From the 1930 surrender of Weihaiwei ("the other Hong Kong") to the 1997 return of Hong Kong itself, this text draws on the writing and reminiscences of contemporaries, both rulers and ruled, to chart the extinction of empire, arguing that the imperial construct simply became outdated. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780719555892 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98101448  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Colonies--History.--Asia<br/>Decolonization--History.--East Asia<br/>Decolonization--History.--Southeast Asia
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>East Asia--History.<br/>Southeast Asia--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>950 KEA