In the Web

Peter Hall.

ISBN 10: 095190390X / ISBN 13: 9780951903902

Published by Peter A. Hall, 1992, 1992

About this Item

First edition. Paperback. Signed presentation copy from the author. Light shelf and corner wear, otherwise near very good indeed. A personal account of the growth of Hong Kong.

Seller Inventory # C203611

Bibliographic Details

• Title: In the Web
• Publisher: Peter A. Hall, 1992
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 095190390X
• ISBN 13: 9780951903902
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Peter Hall's book, 'In the Web,' brings to light the mysteries that lay behind his family and the other Hong Kong Eurasian families intertwined with it. Because it attempts to lift the stone firmly left in place for over a century, this work will not be welcomed by those who prefer conjecture to be left to outsiders.

This is a personal account which encompasses many long years of painstaking research -- often for documentary evidence which isn't there. Yet this family story shows how they saw the development and growth of Hong Kong, and draws in many related families who helped to shape it into the dynamic place it is to-day. This is also an epitaph to a unique community.

Peter writes vividly about his own experiences in a Japanese internment camp in war time Hong Kong, his later education in Sydney and Liverpool, and working for Hongkong Land.