Roundhouse publications (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Good: pages slightly aged, solid, unmarked. Paperwraps, 8.2 x 11.25", 64 pp. Cover by Takeo Shiki. Includes a piece on Woody Guthrie, by Logan English; Yiddish Folk Songs in America, by Ruth Rubin;Sentimental Journey.Slovakian Style,by Henrietta Yurchenco; second half of a long piece on Joe Hill by Barrie Stavis. . .…

Soft cover. Zustand: New. xvi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Summary:The writing of history used to concentrate on narrative, analysis or theory. The historian stayed out of sight. This book is part of a more recent trend. Here, the author discusses her relationship to her material, the processes of research and writing, and her characters. She does so by exploring and sometimes comparing, the lives of Chinese and western women who have lived in China, Hong Kong and Macau, and links them not only to herself but also to contemporary women's issues, human rights and colonialism. This book is about the practice of history. The characters include 1930's civil and women rights campaigners Shi Liang, China's Minister of Justice 1949 to 1959, Agnes Smedley and Stella Benson, autobiographical writer Xiao Hong, revolutionary Soong Ching Ling, traveller Ella Maillart, philanthropist Clara Ho Tung, and Clara Elliot, who was part of the story of Hong Kong's cession to Britain in 1841.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. One smudge on front cover otherwise minimal wear almost new. Illustrations, photos, index, maps, restaurant listing, a few recipes, 126 pages travel essay and food history. Collectible. Olympia Wong (illustrator), Tim Hall (photographer) (illustrator). Book.