Letters from Hong Kong
Author : Albert George Martin
Publisher :
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 29,71 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Hong Kong (China)
ISBN : 9780646379982
Author : Albert George Martin
Publisher :
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 29,71 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Hong Kong (China)
ISBN : 9780646379982
Author : Gill Shaddick
Publisher : Australian Scholarly Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,92 MB
Release : 2019-03-29
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1925801632
In the late sixties when the Beatles are top of the charts and Twiggy is hitting the catwalk, Gill embarks on a life-changing journey to Hong Kong. Mao’s revolution is at its height. Vietnam has become America’s longest war with no end in sight. But it’s at an ad agency under insane direction where Gill finds her battles and learns to stand her ground. In this spirited memoir, where Mad Men meets Han Suyin’s A Many-Splendoured Thing, Gill recreates a Hong Kong of the imagination. Attractive and naïve, wined and dined by Hong Kong’s elite, she gravitates towards camaraderie outside the world of advertising and money, and adventure follows. A weekend sail goes awry when a yacht with her on board strays into the waters of Communist China. A full-scale sea and air search mounted from Hong Kong can find no trace. Yet Gill is very much alive. With her friends, she is reciting from Mao’s Little Red Book with no idea what fate awaits her or how long she will be held. The Hong Kong Letters is part memoir, part travelogue. Gill introduces us to characters that fiction couldn’t have invented any better and transports the reader to another time and place, a reminder that anyone can fit the experiences of a lifetime into two short years.
Author : Charles William Wild
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,22 MB
Release : 1846
Category : China
ISBN :
Author : Jill Malcolm
Publisher :
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 24,32 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Hong Kong (China)
ISBN :
Author : Isabel Taylor Escoda
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,28 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Filipinos
ISBN :
Author : Andrew Hillier
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 30,74 MB
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 962937577X
“For this brief moment, the two sisters could be ‘together in heart and affection’, and through such letters bridge the distance of empire.” We often learn about the commerce, diplomacy, and military campaigns of the British empire without reference to the intimate side of life in these times—the development of self, the position of women, and the importance of family. In this book, the story of empire, so often told from a man’s perspective, is given a unique vantage point through Eliza Hillier’s letters to her younger sister, Martha. Written largely from Hong Kong, Shanghai, England, and Siam, the letters allow us to become a member of her family and follow the daily tribulations associated with the life of a young British woman in the port cities of Asia. We are thus able to share Eliza’s experiences as she leaves home to embark on married life, starts and raises a family, grieves at the abrupt and tragic loss of her husband, Charles Batten Hillier, and then sets about re-building her life. At once a reflection on the daily components of empire, an entertaining narrative of familial relationships, and the story of one woman’s inner feelings, My Dearest Martha guides us through the vagaries of life for a family who were very much a part of imperial careering and missionary circles in East and Southeast Asia. The letters are complemented by images and commentary from the author, a descendant of Eliza, providing context and depth, which together give us a fuller picture of British colonial life in the mid-1800s from a perspective that will resonate with readers around the world.
Author : Chris Patten
Publisher :
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 17,95 MB
Release : 1997*
Category : Hong Kong (China)
ISBN :
Author : Patricia McMahon
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 34,10 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780395686218
Describes the daily activities, school work, and family life of an eight-year-old Chinese girl living in Hong Kong.
Author :
Publisher : Michael Burke
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 14,70 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 1907179178
Author : Brenda Oldham
Publisher :
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 30,2 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Honkong
ISBN :