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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780320203321

Autore

Hamilton William Stenhouse

Titolo

Notes from old Nanking 1947-1949 [[electronic resource] ] : the great transition / / William Stenhouse Hamilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, : Pandanus, 2004

ISBN

1-74076-057-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

951.042

951.136042

Soggetti

Diplomatic and consular service, Australian - China - History - Civil War, 1945-1949

Nanjing Shi (China) History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contents; 1 Interesting Times; 1 Interesting Times; 2 Boats in the Sky; 2 Boats in the Sky; 3 Mysterious Cathay Draws a Veil; 3 Mysterious Cathay Draws a Veil; 4 Pinyin or not Pinyin?; 4 Pinyin or not Pinyin?; 5 The Sometimes Southern Capital; 5 The Sometimes Southern Capital; 6 The First House; 6 The First House; 7 Guarding a Vital Resource; 7 Guarding a Vital Resource; 8 Sweeping Leaves; 8 Sweeping Leaves; 9 Three Furnaces; 9 Three Furnaces; 10 Reds on Green; 10 Reds on Green; 11 At the Australian Embassy; 11 At the Australian Embassy

12 Bring a Frying Pan12 Bring a Frying Pan; 13 The Flying Wheel; 13 The Flying Wheel; 14 Mark of a Meteorite; 14 Mark of a Meteorite; 15 The Paper Trail; 15 The Paper Trail; 16 A One Piece Lady; 16 A One Piece Lady; 17 Not the Congress of Vienna; 17 Not the Congress of Vienna; 18 Call Out the Cavalry; 18 Call Out the Cavalry; 19 Old Crocks; 19 Old Crocks; 20 Home Port of the Eunuch Grand Admiral; 20 Home Port of the Eunuch Grand Admiral; 21 Food a

Sommario/riassunto

Memoirs of China in the last years of the nationalist government, written by a former officer of the Australian embassy in China.