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Titolo: | The diaries of the Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1966 / / edited by Cindy Yik-yi Chu |
Pubblicazione: | New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
Disciplina: | 271/.97 |
B | |
Soggetto topico: | Nuns |
Missionaries | |
Soggetto geografico: | Hong Kong (China) Church history 20th century |
Altri autori: | ChuCindy Yik-yi |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-232) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The 1920's, People and Weather; Chapter Three: The 1930's, Schools, Visitors, and Visits; Chapter Four: Advent of Japanese, 1938-1941; Chapter Five: Japanese Occupation and Internment, 1941-1942; Chapter Six: In and Out of the Camp, Releases, and Repatriation, 1941-1942; Chapter Seven: Postwar Years, the 1950's, the Early 1960's, and Refugees; Chapter Eight: Resettlement Areas in the 1950's and the 1960's; Chapter Nine: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book is a documentary survey of Hong Kong history, from the 1920's 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The diaries of the Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1966 |
ISBN: | 1-281-36332-4 |
9786611363321 | |
0-230-60417-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910810655303321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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