| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
| Description |
data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Interesting times -- Boats in the sky -- Mysterious Cathay draws a veil -- Pinyin or not Pinyin? -- The sometimes southern capital -- The first house -- Guarding a vital resource -- Sweeping leaves -- Three furnaces -- Reds on green -- At the Australian embassy -- Bring a frying pan -- The flying wheel -- Mark of a meteorite -- The paper trail -- A "one piece lady" -- Not the Congress of Vienna -- Call out the cavalry -- Old crocks -- Home port of the eunuch grand admiral -- Food and festivals -- Yung-lo's folly -- Unseen city -- Blood at the Green Dragon Bridge -- The centre of everything -- Chaos ascendant -- The sinking ship -- The amethyst affair -- A quiet weekend -- In splendour enthroned -- Great train journeys -- Animal crackers -- The long wait -- Close the door gently. |
| Summary |
Memoirs of China in the last years of the nationalist government, written by a former officer of the Australian embassy in China. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Hamilton, William Stenhouse, 1919-
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Hamilton, William Stenhouse, 1919- |
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Diplomatic and consular service, Australian -- China -- History.
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Diplomatic and consular service, Australian. |
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China. |
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History. |
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Nanjing Shi (China) -- History -- 20th century.
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China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949.
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China -- Politics and government -- 1945-1949.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1949 |
| Subject |
HISTORY. |
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China -- Nanjing Shi. |
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Chinese Civil War (China : 1945-1949) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hamilton, William Stenhouse, 1919- Notes from old Nanking 1947-1949. Canberra : Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University, ©2004 9781740760454 (OCoLC)59281074 |
| ISBN |
1740760573 (electronic book) |
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9781740760577 (electronic book) |
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174076045X |
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9781740760454 |
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