A Young Englishman in Victorian Hong Kong : : The Diaries of Chaloner Alabaster, 1855-1856.
'In August 1855, sixteen-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 forty years, climbing the rungs of the service and eventually becoming consul-general of Canton. When he retire...
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Place / Publishing House: | Canberra : : ANU Press,, 2023. ©2023. |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (234 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The cast of the diaries
- Alabaster diary, volume 1-- Alabaster diary, volume 2
- Alabaster diary, volume 3
- Alabaster diary, volume 4.