Tales from the South China Seas: Images of the British in South East Asia in the Twentieth Century
Allen, Charles
Tales from the South China Seas: Images of the British in South East Asia in the Twentieth Century "Allen, Charles" - United Kingdom "Little, Brown &company" 25/01/1994 - 320 Paperback
Social & cultural history
"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."
General (US: Trade)
9780349104997
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900"
Asian history
National liberation & independence, post-colonialism
Colonialism & imperialism
"Social & cultural history
"East Asia, Far East"
959.00421/ALL
Tales from the South China Seas: Images of the British in South East Asia in the Twentieth Century "Allen, Charles" - United Kingdom "Little, Brown &company" 25/01/1994 - 320 Paperback
Social & cultural history
"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."
General (US: Trade)
9780349104997
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900"
Asian history
National liberation & independence, post-colonialism
Colonialism & imperialism
"Social & cultural history
"East Asia, Far East"
959.00421/ALL