The Hong Kong Letters
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The Hong Kong Letters
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Author : Gill Shaddick
language : en
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Release Date : 2019-03-29
The Hong Kong Letters written by Gill Shaddick and has been published by Australian Scholarly Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-29 with Travel categories.
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.
Letters From Hong Kong
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Author : Charles William Wild
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1846
Letters From Hong Kong written by Charles William Wild and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1846 with China categories.
The Hong Kong Letter
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Michael Burke
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Letters From Hong Kong
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Author : Albert George Martin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Letters From Hong Kong written by Albert George Martin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Hong Kong (China) categories.
Crime And Government At Hong Kong A Letter To The Times
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Author : Thomas Chisholm Anstey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1859
Crime And Government At Hong Kong A Letter To The Times written by Thomas Chisholm Anstey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1859 with categories.
My Dearest Martha The Life And Letters Of Eliza Hillier
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Author : Andrew Hillier
language : en
Publisher: City University of HK Press
Release Date : 2021-07-01
My Dearest Martha The Life And Letters Of Eliza Hillier written by Andrew Hillier and has been published by City University of HK Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-01 with History categories.
“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.
Hkcer Letters
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Hkcer Letters written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Economic policy categories.
Letters From Hong Kong
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Author : Isabel Taylor Escoda
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Letters From Hong Kong written by Isabel Taylor Escoda and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Filipinos categories.
Letters From China Japan
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Author : Lilias Dunlop Swainson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
Letters From China Japan written by Lilias Dunlop Swainson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with China categories.
Friends And Teachers
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Author : James Hayes
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 1996-08-01
Friends And Teachers written by James Hayes and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08-01 with History categories.
Prompted by the Chinese saying, 'When I walk along with two others, I am bound to be able to learn from them', the title of this memoir reflects the author's close association with the local people through his work and leisure interests, and his consuming desire to learn as much as he could about their history and culture. The book covers several decades of Hong Kong's recent past, from the time James Hayes joined the Administrative Grade of the Hong Kong Civil Service in the 1950s to his retirement in the 1980s, thirty-two years later. Spending practically his whole career in departments rather than in the central Secretariat, serving in posts that brought him into direct contact with the public, we follow him as a young cadet fresh from language school to his first posting in the District Administration, New Territories, through all of his varied assignments to his final post between 1985-87, when he again served in a very changed New Territories in charge of an equally altered District Administration. James Hayes is also a scholar, known for his books on the Hong Kong region and its people, with a Ph.D. from London University and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters bestowed by the University of Hong Kong in 1992. In this, his latest work, he gives an engaging first-hand account of what it was like to be an expatriate government officer in an ever-changing Hong Kong, paying particular attention to the government and people relationship over that time, and its transformation over the years.