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Publisher : In Print Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Travellers' Tales of Old Hong Kong and the South China Coast written by and published by In Print Publishing (UK). This book was released on 1996 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9789971652838
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (528 download)
Download or read book Travellers' Tales of the South China Coast written by and published by . This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James O'Reilly
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
ISBN 13 : 9781885211033
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Hong Kong written by James O'Reilly and published by Travelers' Tales. This book was released on 1996 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We've collected useful and memorable stories to produce the kind of sampler we've always wanted to read before setting out. These stories will show you a spectrum of experiences to be had or avoided in Hong Kong"--Back cover
Author : Compiled by Michael Wise
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9814677310
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)
Download or read book Travellers’ Tales of Hong Kong, Canton, Macao written by Compiled by Michael Wise and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected for the first time in a single volume are these true and often comic stories of the South China Coast. Seventy visitors from around the world give vivid accounts of their experiences—of high society at Government House and low life in Canton gaols, of spies in Hong Kong and pirates on buccaneering junks, of typhoons, burglars and Eastern magic, of gambling, opium and slavery. Most revealing of all, they write about their encounters with the people, the misunderstandings between East and West, the constant battle of wits between Chinese and foreigner, united only by a pidgin lingo. This was a time when the Colonial Secretary could say with confidence: “I have in vain sought for one valuable quality in Hong Kong… I can see no justification for the British Government spending one shilling on Hong Kong”. First published in 1986, this classic volume is sure to entertain and inform a whole new generation of readers
Author : Derek Sandhaus
Publisher : Tales
ISBN 13 : 9789881866721
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (667 download)
Download or read book Tales of Old Hong Kong written by Derek Sandhaus and published by Tales. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pirates, plagues, pistols and poisons; with adventure of all varieties, the third instalment of the popular 'Tales' series is a rollicking journey into colonial Hong Kong. A collection of historical odds and ends - stories, quotations, cartoons, postcards and drawings - recount in thrilling detail how a 'barren rock' seemingly destined to fail rose to become one of the richest trading outposts in Asia.
Author : Vaudine England
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789622094734
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (947 download)
Download or read book The Quest of Noel Croucher written by Vaudine England and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noel Groucher nad a secret penchant for philanthropy. From simple beginnings in England, he arrived in Hong Kong at the turn of the century to live through eight decades of change on the China Coast. Myster surrounded Noel Croucher. Seen as tight-fisted by some yet loved by others, he endowed Hong Kong with its richest academic charity in The Croucher Foundation. He became Commodore of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and chairman of the Stock Exchange. To many he was a throwback to the glory days of empire. Yet he battled prejudice to get ahead in the colony. That era has now passed. This timely, fresh look at the lives lived on the Coast - through Noel Croucher's life story - brings out the realities of those times.
Author : Amitav Ghosh
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374711992
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Smoke and Ashes written by Amitav Ghosh and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Foreign Policy, Literary Hub, and The Millions Ghosh unravels the impact of the opium trade on global history and in his own family―the climax of a yearslong project. When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to learn how the lives of the nineteenth-century sailors and soldiers he wrote about were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean but also by the precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most surprising of all, however, was the discovery that his own identity and family history were swept up in the story. Smoke and Ashes is at once a travelogue, a memoir, and an essay in history, drawing on decades of archival research. In it, Ghosh traces the transformative effect the opium trade had on Britain, India, and China, as well as the world at large. The trade was engineered by the British Empire, which exported Indian opium to sell to China to redress their great trade imbalance, and its revenues were essential to the empire’s financial survival. Following the profits further, Ghosh finds opium central to the origins of some of the world’s biggest corporations, of America’s most powerful families and prestigious institutions (from the Astors and Coolidges to the Ivy League), and of contemporary globalism itself. Moving deftly between horticultural history, the mythologies of capitalism, and the social and cultural repercussions of colonialism, in Smoke and Ashes Ghosh reveals the role that one small plant has had in making our world, now teetering on the edge of catastrophe.
Author : Vaudine England
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982184531
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Fortune's Bazaar written by Vaudine England and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely, well-researched, and “illuminating” (The New York Times Book Review) new history of Hong Kong that reveals the untold stories of the diverse peoples who have made it a multicultural world metropolis—and whose freedoms are endangered today. Hong Kong has always been many cities to many people: a seaport, a gateway to an empire, a place where fortunes can be dramatically made or lost, a place to disappear and reinvent oneself, and a melting pot of diverse populations from around the globe. A British Crown Colony for 155 years, Hong Kong is now ruled by the Chinese Communist Party. Here, renowned journalist Vaudine England delves into Hong Kong’s complex history and its people—diverse, multi-cultural, cosmopolitan—who have made this one-time fishing village into the world port city it is today. Rather than a traditional history describing a town led by British Governors or a mere offshoot of a collapsing Chinese empire, Fortune’s Bazaar is “a winning portrait of Hong Kong’s vibrant mosaic” (Publishers Weekly). While British traders and Asian merchants had long been busy in the Indian and South East Asian seas, many people from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds arrived in Hong Kong, met, and married—despite all taboos—and created a distinct community. Many of Hong Kong’s most influential figures during its first century as a city were neither British nor Chinese—they were Malay or Indian, Jewish or Armenian, Parsi or Portuguese, Eurasian or Chindian—or simply, Hong Kongers. England describes those overlooked in history, including the opium traders who built synagogues and churches; ship owners carrying gold-rush migrants; the half-Dutch, half-Chinese gentleman with two wives who was knighted by Queen Victoria; and the gardeners who settled Kowloon, the mainland peninsula facing the island of Hong Kong, and became millionaires. A story of empire, race, and sex, Fortune’s Bazaar presents a “fresh…essential” (Ian Buruma), “formidable and important” (The Correspondent) history of a special place—a unique city made by diverse people of the world, whose part in its creation has never been properly told until now.
Author : Stacilee Ford
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888083112
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Troubling American Women written by Stacilee Ford and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American women have lived in Hong Kong, and in neighboring Macao, for nearly two centuries. Many were changed by their encounter with Chinese life and British colonialism. Their openness to new experiences set them apart, while their "pedagogical impulse" gave them a reputation for outspokenness that troubled others. Drawing on memoirs, diaries, newspapers, films, and other texts, Stacilee Ford tells the stories of several American women and explores how, through dramatically changing times, they communicated their notions of national identity and gender.Troubling American Womenis a lively and provocative study of cross-cultural encounters between the Hong Kong and the US and use of stereotypes of American womanhood in Hong Kong popular culture. Stacilee Fordhas lived in Hong Kong for 18 years. She teaches history and American studies at the University of Hong Kong.
Author : James O'Reilly
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
ISBN 13 : 9781885211859
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (118 download)
Download or read book Travelers' Tales San Francisco written by James O'Reilly and published by Travelers' Tales. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pacific surf to Nob Hill to Chinatown, the legendary City by the Bay comes to life in this diverse collection of essays celebrating America's favorite playground. Praise the Lord at Glide Memorial Church, skate through the wonders of Golden Gate Park, discover culinary delights in the Mission, and relive the days of the gold rush.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book South East Asia Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Derek Sandhaus
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ISBN 13 : 9789888107285
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Tales of Old Hong Kong written by Derek Sandhaus and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9789814408158
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Travellers' Tales of Hong Kong, Canton & Macao written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hezekiah Butterworth
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (333 download)
Download or read book Traveller Tales of China, Or, The Story-telling Hongs written by Hezekiah Butterworth and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Albert H. Yee
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Whither Hong Kong written by Albert H. Yee and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing analysis of the history and future prospects of Hong Kong, the volume begins with a review of the age-old predominance of authoritarianism over humanitarianism in the history and institutions of China and Hong Kong. Subsequent chapters address Hong Kong's military history; British rule from 1840 to the Sino-British Declaration of 1984; health and medical services; the media and communications; the universities; recent economic developments; and change since 1984. Contributors include Hong Kong-based journalists, government officials, and academics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Joo Ee Khoo
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Straits Chinese written by Joo Ee Khoo and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geschiedenis van Chinese kooplieden die zich vestigden in Maleisie aan de Straat van Malakka
Author : Hezekiah Butterworth
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Traveller Tales of China written by Hezekiah Butterworth and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
