The diaries of the Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1966 / edited by Cindy Yik-yi Chu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chu, Cindy Yik-yi

Maryknoll Sisters.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maryknoll Sisters--Biography.

Maryknoll Sisters.

Catholic Church.

Nuns--Diaries.

Nuns.

Missionaries--Diaries.

Missionaries.

Maryknoll Sisters--China--Hong Kong.

China--Hong Kong.

Hong Kong (China)--Church history--20th century.

Hong Kong (China).

Catholic Church--History--20th century.

History.

Catholic Church--China--Hong Kong.

Genre:

Diaries.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

This book is a documentary survey of Hong Kong history, from the 1920s to the mid-1960s, from the perspective of the Maryknoll Sisters, as recorded in their diaries written during that period. A priceless" "collection of first-hand materials on the social history of Hong Kong, it also serves as a companion volume to the author's "The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969" (Palgrave, 2004),""

Contents:

Chapter 2 The 1920s, People and Weather 17

Chapter 3 The 1930s, Schools, Visitors, and Visits 43

Chapter 4 Advent of Japanese, 1938-1941 69

Chapter 5 Japanese Occupation and Internment, 1941-1942 97

Chapter 6 In and Out of the Camp, Releases, and Repatriation, 1941-1942 121

Chapter 7 Postwar Years, the 1950s, the Early 1960s, and Refugees 143

Chapter 8 Resettlement Areas in the 1950s and the 1960s 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-232) and index.

ISBN:

1403976686

9781403976680

OCLC:

71223597

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