Interesting times -- Boats in the sky -- Mysterious Cathay draws a veil -- Pinyin or not Pinyin? -- The sometimes southern capital -- The first house -- Guarding a vital resource -- Sweeping leaves -- Three furnaces -- Reds on green -- At the Australian embassy -- Bring a frying pan -- The flying wheel -- Mark of a meteorite -- The paper trail -- A "one piece lady" -- Not the Congress of Vienna -- Call out the cavalry -- Old crocks -- Home port of the eunuch grand admiral -- Food and festivals -- Yung-lo's folly -- Unseen city -- Blood at the Green Dragon Bridge -- The centre of everything -- Chaos ascendant -- The sinking ship -- The amethyst affair -- A quiet weekend -- In splendour enthroned -- Great train journeys -- Animal crackers -- The long wait -- Close the door gently.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Memoirs of China in the last years of the nationalist government, written by a former officer of the Australian embassy in China.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
Text of Note
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Notes from old Nanking 1947-1949.
International Standard Book Number
9781740760454
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Hamilton, William Stenhouse,1919-
Hamilton, William Stenhouse,1919-
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Diplomatic and consular service, Australian-- China-- History.
Diplomatic and consular service, Australian.
HISTORY.
Politics and government.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
China, History, Civil War, 1945-1949.
China, Politics and government, 1945-1949.
Nanjing Shi (China), History, 20th century.
China, Nanjing Shi.
China.
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HIS-- 008000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
951
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042
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
DS797
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56
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N365
Book number
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H36
2004eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Hamilton, William Stenhouse,1919-
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Australian National University., Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.