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Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, Volume 1

Author: David Bellis

Publisher: Gwulo

Published: 2017-12-01

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 9887827606

Not your typical photo book! David Bellis, founder of the popular local history website Gwulo, shows you a selection of his favourite photos of old Hong Kong. So far, so familiar. But then he takes you on a deep dive to discover and understand the photos’ most minute and revealing details. Plague-ridden rats (pg. 7), flapper hats (pg. 56), and chocolates (pg. 73) are just a few of the surprising clues you’ll investigate. Finally, David helps you piece the clues together to uncover the photos’ hidden stories.

Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, Volume 4

Author: David Bellis

Publisher: Gwulo

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9887827630

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Revisit old Hong Kong through this book’s collection of rare photos, many of them over 100 years old. Then join David to explore the photos’ details, and so discover their hidden stories: the women who toiled up the Peak’s slopes each day, carrying heavy loads of bricks and coal on their shoulders, buried treasure still waiting to be found, Kowloon’s vanishing hills, and many more. David runs the award-winning local history website Gwulo, home to over 25,000 photos of old Hong Kong.

Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, Volume 2

Author: David Bellis

Publisher: Gwulo

Published: 2018-12-01

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 9887827614

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David puts more of his favourite old Hong Kong photos under the magnifying glass, revealing the photos’ secrets, and uncovering their hidden stories. Flying Italian miners (p. 107), disembodied feet (p. 13), and the most beautiful woman you’ll never see (p. 17) are just a few of the surprises in store for you.

Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, Volume 3

Author: David Bellis

Publisher: Gwulo

Published: 2019-12-16

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 9887827622

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Grab your flippers, mask, and magnifying glass – Volume 3 is full of old photos of people in, on, under, and around Hong Kong’s famous harbour. Many of the photos are published for the first time, and although they’re old, they are sharp and packed with detail. Join David in uncovering the photos’ secrets, deciphering their stories, and meeting the people of old Hong Kong. David runs the award-winning local history website Gwulo, home to over 20,000 photos of old Hong Kong.

Golden Boy

Author: Martin Booth

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2006-11-14

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9780312426262

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The last work of the internationally known, Booker-shortlisted writer is a memoir of growing up in 1950s Hong Kong.

A Career of Japan

Author: Luke Gartlan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-08-26

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 9004300805

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A Career of Japan is the first study of one of the major photographers and personalities of nineteenth-century Japan. Baron Raimund von Stillfried was the most important foreign-born photographer of the Meiji era and one of the first globally active photographers of his generation. Based on extensive new primary sources and unpublished documents from archives around the world, this book examines von Stillfried’s significance as a cultural mediator between Japan and Central Europe. Awarded the 2nd Professor Josef Kreiner Hosei University Award for International Japanese Studies.

The Peak

Author: Richard J. Garrett

Publisher: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies

Published: 2018-03-07

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9789887792703

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The Peak is Hong Kongs top residential district, where property prices are as high as the altitude. How did it become an exclusive enclave in the bustling business centre of 19th-century Asia? The British wanted relief from summer heat and the Peak was the obvious place to escape it. When the Governor adopted Mountain Lodge as a summer getaway, development accelerated and the opening of the Peak Tram in 1888 made access easier. Gradually a community developed and a church, a club and a school were established. This book describes how the now-popular tourist area developed over time and adapted as needs changed.

Three Years and Eight Months

Author: Icy Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780985623784

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Recounts the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong from 1942-1945 as Choi, a ten-year-old Chinese American boy, secretly joins the resistance and saves thousands of American, British and Canadian forces. Includes historical notes and photographs.

Hong Kong Then and Now®

Author: Vaughan Grylls

Publisher: Rizzoli Publications

Published: 2016-10-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1910904082

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Hong Kong was first captured on camera when the British arrived to lay claim to its ‘fragrant harbour’ in 1841. Its fascinating history has been documented through photography ever since – from its rapid expansion as a Crown Colony to its handover to China in 1997 and its present status as one of the world’s leading international financial centres. Pairing rare and previously unpublished photographs with contemporary views taken from the same location, Hong Kong Then and Now highlights the rich and varied history of this constantly evolving metropolis, from Victoria Harbour, the Hong Kong Club and the Star Ferry to Kowloon Walled CIty, Chek Lap Kok Airport and the gleaming skyscrapers of its central banking district.Sites include: Victoria Harbour, the Peak, the Star Ferry Pier, Man Ho Temple, Ladder Street, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong Club, Prince's Building, HSBC, Noonday Gun, Happy Valley Racecourse, Tiger Balm Garden, Peninsula Hotel, Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon Walled City, Shenzhen, Repulse Bay, Chek Lap Kok Airport, St. Paul's (Macau).

On Gold Mountain

Author: Lisa See

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2014-08-20

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1101910089

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Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles's Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping chronicle of her Chinese-American family, a work that takes in stories of racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and domestic heartache, secret marriages and sibling rivalries, in a powerful history of two cultures meeting in a new world. 82 photos.