Thistle and Bamboo: The Life and Times of Sir James Stewart Lockhart

By Shiona Airlie

Colonial civil servant, Confucian scholar, and collector of Chinese art, Sir James Stewart Lockhart spent more than forty years in Hong Kong and Weihaiwei -- the former British leased territory in northern China. His career reflects tension and upheaval in the emerging colony of Hong Kong and in a China rapidly giving way to civil war.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9888028928
• ISBN13: 9789888028924
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher