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Price: £25.00
Pages: 244
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Series: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
Publication Date:
01 March 2008
Trim Size: 9.05 X 6.40 in
ISBN: 9789622098800
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
"Hong Kong Internment 1942-1945 brings to life a little known aspect of a hidden chapter in Hong Kong history. Drawing on a rich cache of artefacts and first person accounts, Geoffrey Emerson has put together an illuminating account of life behind barbed
"Emerson takes us on a fascinating journey into the lives of men and women interned at Stanley Camp, in some ways, a microcosm of Hong Kong's expatriate society. Beginning his research in 1970, he interviewed many internees, now long dead, and his sensiti
"Geoffrey Emerson has written a careful and detailed study of a much-neglected topic in the history of the Second World War -- Japan's treatment of enemy civilians in one of its occupied territories. This book is solidly grounded in research and enlivened
"Interweaving personal interviews and memoirs with factual details, Emerson reveals how these civilians adapted to and overcame the humiliation of internment and the vicissitudes of internment camp life." -- Bernice Archer, author of The Internment of West
"Emerson takes us on a fascinating journey into the lives of men and women interned at Stanley Camp, in some ways, a microcosm of Hong Kong's expatriate society. Beginning his research in 1970, he interviewed many internees, now long dead, and his sensiti
"Geoffrey Emerson has written a careful and detailed study of a much-neglected topic in the history of the Second World War -- Japan's treatment of enemy civilians in one of its occupied territories. This book is solidly grounded in research and enlivened
"Interweaving personal interviews and memoirs with factual details, Emerson reveals how these civilians adapted to and overcame the humiliation of internment and the vicissitudes of internment camp life." -- Bernice Archer, author of The Internment of West
Geoffrey Charles Emerson has lived in Hong Kong for more than forty years. He retired in 2000 from St Paul's College, where he taught history and English and served as vice principal and careers master. He was president of the Hong Kong History Society and is a council member of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch).