A Young Englishman in Victorian Hong Kong : The Diaries of Chaloner Alabaster, 1855-1856

A Young Englishman in Victorian Hong Kong The Diaries of Chaloner Alabaster, 1855-1856

'In August 1855, sixteen-year-old Chaloner Alabaster left England for Hong Kong, to take up a position as a student interpreter in the China Consular Service. He would stay for almost forty years, climbing the rungs of the service and eventually becoming consul-general of Canton. When he retire...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Penny, Benjamin (-)
Corporate Author: Australian National University, publisher (publisher)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra : ANU Press 2023.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Alabaster, Chaloner, > 1838-1898 > Diaries.
Alabaster, Chaloner, > 1838-1898
1840-1842
Diplomats > Great Britain > Diaries.
English diaries > China > Hong Kong.
Diplomatic and consular service, British > China > Hong Kong > Diaries.
Diplomates > Grande-Bretagne > Journaux intimes.
Journaux intimes anglais > Chine > Hongkong.
Service diplomatique et consulaire britannique > Chine > Hongkong > Journaux intimes.
Diplomatic and consular service, British
Diplomatic relations
Diplomats
English diaries
China > History > Opium War, 1840-1842 > Personal narratives.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > China > Hong Kong.
Hong Kong (China) > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Chine > Histoire > 1840-1842 (Guerre de l'opium) > Récits personnels.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Chine > Hongkong.
China
China > Hong Kong
Great Britain
diaries.
Diaries
History
Personal narratives
Diaries.
Journaux intimes.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009803439106719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The cast of the diaries
  • Alabaster diary, volume 1-- Alabaster diary, volume 2
  • Alabaster diary, volume 3
  • Alabaster diary, volume 4.

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