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Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters
Relations between Britain and China have, for over 150 years, been inextricably bound up with the taking of Hong Kong Island on 26 January 1841. The m...
Exploring Women's History in China, Hong Kong and Macau
The writing of history used to concentrate on narrative, analysis or theory. The historian stayed out of sight. This book is part of a more recent tre...
Western Women in the British Colony, 1841-1941
This book presents a history of western women in Hong Kong and the Canton delta from the earliest years of the colony....
Women, History, Books and Places
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A House and Garden in Papua New Guinea
A diary of a stay in Papua New Guinea. The author introduces the reader to the family cleaner - Margaret - her extended family, her unreliable husband...
A Biography of Ernest Bader, Founder of the Scott Bader Commonwealth
The history of Madeira's women and the writing of women travellers about the island are less well known than they should be. This livret combines a fl...
"The Boxer uprising; the siege of the legations; 55 days in Peking; foreign troops looting China's capital; these are images from books and films over...
An Englishwoman in Hong Kong 1987-97
At midnight on 30 June 1997, Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty after 150 years of British rule. The moment when the British flag came down was...
The Writing of Women and Men who Travelled Together
'The book grew out of the habit, early adopted when on her travels ... of writing ... an unpretending narrative of the previous day's proceedings to b...
And Arbitration
The first aboriginal woman to be named in exploration literature is Ouray-Ouray; the best known is Trukanini, erroneously called the last Tasmanian wh...
This livret links legend and archaeology by writing and place, but does not neglect Crete's other women. Over the centuries they were subject to numer...