Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Windows on a Chinese past
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Otago Heritage Books
Place
Date
1993-1999
Physical Description
4 volumes : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 31 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0908774567
0908774613
0908774664
0908774710
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Purchased from the Edward Earle Vaile Trust Fund.
Content
v.1 How the Cantonese goldseekers and their heirs settled in New Zealand.
v.2 Round Hill, Alexander Don, missions, mixed marriages, the opium evil.
v.3 Larrikinism and violence, immigration issues, 20th century assimilation, biographies: Choie Sew Hoy, Chew Chong, Benjamin Wong Tape, James Shum, Matilda Lo Keong, Won Kee, Yue Henry Jackson, Chiu Kwok-chun and James Man Chung Chiu, Chan Chung Yock, Hugh Sew Hoy, Frank Chork Ling Shue, Chin Bing Foon, Chew Cheung Ding and Chin Toi Harr.
v.4 Don's 'Roll of Chinese' (includes an index)
Public Access Text
Published, edited and indexed by Otago Heritage Books. Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographies.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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