Paper Tigress - A Life in the Hong Kong Government (Paperback)

Rachel Cartland came to Hong Kong in 1972 as one of just two female expatriates in the Hong Kong Governments elite administrative grade. Before she retired in 2006, her life was shaped by the momentous events that rocked Hong Kong during those action-packed years: corruption and the police mutiny, the growth of the new towns, the currency crisis of 1983, Tiananmen Square, the change of sovereignty and the devastation of SARS. The backdrop to her story ranges from Kowloons infamous Walled City to Government House to the rural New Territories. This book is full of humour and incident and, at the same time, an accessible account of modern Hong Kong and the forces that shaped it.

General

Imprint:	Blacksmith Books
Country of origin:	Hong Kong
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	February 2014
Authors:	Rachel Cartland
Dimensions:	215 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	340
ISBN-13:	978-9881900388
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic reportage Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Prostitution
LSN:	9881900387
Barcode:	9789881900388

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