Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. 2021. Black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 277pp, index, hardback in paper covered boards. This edited collection draws together Australian historical scholarship on Chinese women, their gendered migrations, and mobile lives between China and Australia. While the number of Chinese women in Australia..... More
Kew, Victoria. Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2021. Bilingual English and Chinese text. Black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 338pp, appendices, bibliography. Paperback. "Many Chinese Australians proudly enlisted and fought in WWII. They served truly and their stories of service, told here, reveal their patriotic determination and instances of outstanding courage..... More
Hong Kong. Earnshaw Books. 2012. Black and white photographic illustrations, xviii + 288 pages, notes, glossary, chronology, family tree, paperback. Hemmed in by prejudice and restrictive laws, Chinese Americans lived in a defensive crouch at the turn of the 20th century. This is the true story of three scrappy and..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2012. Colour photographic plates, 259pp, bibliography, index, paperback. In China's Left-Behind Wives, Huifen Shen tells the extraordinary story of an overlooked group of women who played an important role in one of the largest waves of migration in history. For roughly a century starting around 1850, large..... More
Sydney. Rosenberg. 2004. Reprint. Black and white photographic illustrations, 192pp, bibliography, index, paperback. Very good copy. Quong Tart was one of the most fascinating and colourful characters of colonial Sydney. A Mandarin of the Blue Button, honoured by the Dragon Throne with the Peacock Feather, he was at the same..... More
