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The Diaries of the Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1966 (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

This book is a documentary survey of Hong Kong history, from the 1920s to the mid-1960s, from the perspective of the Maryknoll Sisters, as recorded in their diaries written during that period. It is a priceless collection of first-hand materials on the social history of Hong Kong.

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• ohne Kopierschutz
• Größe: 1.2MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Cindy Yik-yi Chu is a Professor in the Department of History at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 241
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230604179
• Artikelnr.: 38180132

Rezensionen

Introduction _ The 1920s, People and Weather _ The 1930s, Schools, Visitors, and Visits_ Advent of Japanese, 1938-1941 _ Japanese Occupation and Internment, 1941-1942 _ In and Out of the Camp, Releases, and Repatriation, 1941-1942 _ Postwar Years, the 1950s, the Early 1960s, and Refugees _ Resettlement Areas in the 1950s and the 1960s