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Roving Through Southern China
An American's Explorations of Hong Kong, Macao and Canton in the Early 1920s
Harry A Franck
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In the 1920s the American travel writer Harry A Franck was known to readers as the "Prince of Vagabonds". His wanderings were family affairs and he arrived in Southern China in 1923 with his wife, their two young children and his mother. Franck always claimed that his travel plans were random, subject to chance encounters and whatever caught his eye. He arrives in a Hong Kong which is building modern department stores and large houses while labourers sleep on straw mats beside the harbor. In Macao he visits temples, ancient forts and, of course, casinos. And then to Canton (Guangzhou), a city in flux where new buildings are transforming the waterfront, the ancient city walls are being demolished, and the traditional rookeries of small lanes are being replaced by wide asphalt roads as the city rapidly modernises. Franck also provides us with a highly detailed description of Shamian Island a year after the tumultuous strikes and boycotts that meant naval gunboats and barbed wire protected the small foreign enclave.
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- Auteur(s):
- Uitgeverij:
Inhoud
- Aantal bladzijden:
- 120
- Taal:
- Engels
- Reeks:
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- Productcode (EAN):
- 9789887674832
- Verschijningsdatum:
- 14/10/2024
- Uitvoering:
- Paperback
- Formaat:
- Trade paperback (VS)
- Afmetingen:
- 108 mm x 184 mm
- Gewicht:
- 104 g
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