| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 304 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-282) and index. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; SECTION ONE; 1. Macao and the Setting; 2. The Company and the China Trade; 3. Trade after the Company; 4. At Sea; 5. Ashore -- The Context; 6. Life Ashore; 7. Death; SECTION TWO; 8. The Memorials; 9. The Entries; 10. The Stones in the Wall; Chronology; Sources; List of Names; Index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : 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 |
| Summary |
Many of the the major figures (British, European and American) during the turbulent events leading to the Opium War are buried in the Old Protestant Cemetery in Macao. The stories told by the inscriptions on the 160 gravestones there form Macao and Hong Kong's heritage. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Opium War (China : 1840-1842) |
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Cemeteries -- China -- Macau (Special Administrative Region)
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Cemeteries. |
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China -- Macau (Special Administrative Region) |
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Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) -- History.
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China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
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Hong Kong (China) -- History.
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| Chronological Term |
1840-1842 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Ride, May.
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Mellor, Bernard.
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| In: |
Digital Editions from Hong Kong University Press. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ride, Lindsay, Sir, 1898-1977. East India company cemetery. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©1996 9789622093843 (DLC) 97144730 (OCoLC)35304904 |
| ISBN |
9789882201101 (electronic book) |
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9882201105 (electronic book) |
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9622093841 |
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9789622093843 |
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