Tales from the South China Seas Images of the British in South-East Asia in the Twentieth Century
This work chronicles the adventures of the last generation of British men and women who went East to seek their fortunes. Drawn into the colonial territories scattered around the South China Sea, they found themselves in an exotic, intoxicating world. It was a land of rickshaws and shanghai jars, sa...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Abacus Book
1994
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Add Tag | Summary: | This work chronicles the adventures of the last generation of British men and women who went East to seek their fortunes. Drawn into the colonial territories scattered around the South China Sea, they found themselves in an exotic, intoxicating world. It was a land of rickshaws and shanghai jars, sampans and Straits Steamers, set against a background of palm-fringed beaches and tropical rain-forests. But it was also a world of conflicting beliefs and many races, where the overlapping of widely differing moral standards and viewpoints created a heady and dangerous atmosphere |
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| Physical Description: | 319 pages illustration 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 0349104999 |
Tales from the South China seas images of the British in South-east Asia in the twentieth century