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Condition: Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ... Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

ISBN: 9780195876963

Book Title: Hong Kong : Somewhere between Heaven and Earth

Item Length: 8.1in

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Publication Year: 1996

Format: Uk-Trade PAPER

Language: English

Item Height: 0.6in

Author: Barbara-Sue White

Genre: History, Social Science

Topic: Regional Studies, Asia / China

Item Width: 5.5in

Item Weight: 16.2 Oz

Number of Pages: 296 Pages

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Hong Kong has long held a fascination for travellers, and has been an inspiration to those who lived there. This new collection of writings gives a remarkable insight into Hong Kong's past, with pieces that date as far back as the Song Dynasty and continue to the present day. The sixty extracts are taken from novels, poems, short stories, biographies, letters, postcards, diaries and even speeches - many never published before - and they are illustrated with contemporary photographs and sketches. Writers include Queen Victoria, Jules Verne, Rudyard Kipling, and W. H. Auden, as well as soldiers and sailors, doctors and clergymen, painters and photographers, tourists and travellers, the rich and the poor, Europeans and Chinese. Lord Palmerstone comments in 1844 on the addition to the British Empire, the first settlers describe the difficulties of life in the new colony, late Victorian ladies struggle with the language, heat, and social obligations, and the war years bring letters from the POW camps. Through these passages you will be able to experience Hong Kong and its people, from past to present, in a unique and personal way.

Product Identifiers

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-10

0195876962

ISBN-13

9780195876963

eBay Product ID (ePID)

531786

Product Key Features

Book Title

Hong Kong : Somewhere between Heaven and Earth

Author

Barbara-Sue White

Format

Uk-Trade PAPER

Language

English

Topic

Regional Studies, Asia / China

Publication Year

1996

Genre

History, Social Science

Number of Pages

296 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length

8.1in

Item Height

0.6in

Item Width

5.5in

Item Weight

16.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number

Ds796.H757h64 1996

Reviews

'enjoyable anthology of sixty descriptive, satirical and fictional pieces on Hong Kong ... the collection is well edited and sensitively illustrated with historic photographs that perfectly fit the texts ... This book provides an amusing and sometimes moving introduction to Hong Kong's historyfor anyone looking for a complement (or an alternative) to the more conventional general histories.'Christopher Munn, Revue Bibliographie de Sinologie, 1997, 'enjoyable anthology of sixty descriptive, satirical and fictional pieceson Hong Kong ... the collection is well edited and sensitively illustrated withhistoric photographs that perfectly fit the texts ... This book provides anamusing and sometimes moving introduction to Hong Kong's history for anyonelooking for a complement (or an alternative) to the more conventional generalhistories.'Christopher Munn, Revue Bibliographie de Sinologie, 1997

1997

Lccn

96-005160

Dewey Decimal

951.25

Intended Audience

Trade

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Illustrated

Yes

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