Tales from the South China Seas
images of the British in South-East Asia in the twentieth century
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Author
Contributions
- Allen, Charles, 1940- - Contributor
- Mason, Michael, 1924- - Contributor
Publication
1984 - Futura, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
79,750 words, Guess
Page Count
319 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivetalesfromsouthch00alle
- ISBN-100708824943
- ISBN-139780708824948
- OCLC Control Number12449458
- Open LibraryOL20993957M
Classifications
- DDC959/.00421
- LCCDS526.6
Description
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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