A Young Englishman In Victorian Hong Kong

Author : Benjamin Penny
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1760465925
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Young Englishman in Victorian Hong Kong written by Benjamin Penny and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1855, 16-year-old Chaloner Alabaster left England for Hong Kong, to take up a position as a student interpreter in the China Consular Service. He would stay for almost 40 years, climbing the rungs of the service and eventually becoming consul-general of Canton. When he retired he returned to England and received a knighthood. He died in 1898. Throughout his adult life, Alabaster kept diaries. In the first four volumes of these diaries, collected here by Benjamin Penny, the teenage Alabaster recorded his thoughts and observations, told himself anecdotes, and exploded in outbursts of anger and frustration. He was young and enthusiastic, and the everyday sights, sounds and smells of Hong Kong were novel to him. He describes how the Chinese people around him ironed clothes, dried flour and threshed rice; how they gambled, prepared their food and made bean curd; and what opera, new year festivities and the birthday of the Heavenly Empress were like. Like many a young Victorian, he was also a keen observer of natural history, fascinated by fireflies and ants, corals and sea slugs, and the volcanic origins of the landscape. Alabaster’s diaries are a unique, vibrant and riveting record of life in the young British colony on the cusp of the Second Opium War. With A Young Englishman in Victorian Hong Kong, Penny sheds new light on the history of the region.

Author : Benjamin Penny
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781760465919
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Young Englishman in Victorian Hong Kong written by Benjamin Penny and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1855, 16-year-old Chaloner Alabaster left England for Hong Kong, to take up a position as a student interpreter in the China Consular Service. He would stay for almost 40 years, climbing the rungs of the service and eventually becoming consul-general of Canton. When he retired he returned to England and received a knighthood. He died in 1898. Throughout his adult life, Alabaster kept diaries. In the first four volumes of these diaries, collected here by Benjamin Penny, the teenage Alabaster recorded his thoughts and observations, told himself anecdotes, and exploded in outbursts of anger and frustration. He was young and enthusiastic, and the everyday sights, sounds and smells of Hong Kong were novel to him. He describes how the Chinese people around him ironed clothes, dried flour and threshed rice; how they gambled, prepared their food and made bean curd; and what opera, new year festivities and the birthday of the Heavenly Empress were like. Like many a young Victorian, he was also a keen observer of natural history, fascinated by fireflies and ants, corals and sea slugs, and the volcanic origins of the landscape. Alabaster's diaries are a unique, vibrant and riveting record of life in the young British colony on the cusp of the Second Opium War. With A Young Englishman in Victorian Hong Kong, Penny sheds new light on the history of the region.

Author : Alexander Michie
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752441682
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. I (of 2) written by Alexander Michie and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. I (of 2) by Alexander Michie

Author : Alexander Michie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era written by Alexander Michie and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence Wang-chi Wong
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
ISBN 13 : 9882371779
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossing Borders written by Lawrence Wang-chi Wong and published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume investigates translations from the languages of China into the languages of Western societies, from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Rather than focusing solely on the activity of translation, the authors extend their explorations to cover the contexts within which the translators worked from different perspectives, touching on various aspects of the institutional and intellectual backgrounds that informed their writings. Studies of translation from literary Chinese into English constitute the majority of the contributions, but the volume is also illuminated by excursions into Latin, French and Italian, while the problems of translating the Naxi script are confronted as well. In addition, the wider context of the rendering of Chinese into other languages is explored through a survey of recent Japanese translation series. Throughout the volume, translation is presented not simply as a linguistic exercise but rather as a key element in world history, well worthy of further interdisciplinary investigation.

Author : Alexander Michie
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752418176
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. II written by Alexander Michie and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. II by Alexander Michie

Author : Christopher Munn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113683852X
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anglo-China written by Christopher Munn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the first three decades of British rule in Hong Kong, focusing on the troubled and controversial process of establishing a British colony at Hong Kong and on the reception of British rule by people in the region.

Author : Alexander Michie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1402193416
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era written by Alexander Michie and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by William Blackwood & Sons in Edinburgh and London, 1900.

Author : Tim Jepson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426215533
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Geographic the British World written by Tim Jepson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating heritage in breathtaking National Geographic style with gorgeous photographs and artwork, engaging narrative, information sidebars, and premium-quality maps specially commissioned for this book.

Author : Alexander Michie
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781289712051
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era written by Alexander Michie and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.