| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 811.5 B75 1984 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
15309 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 864450494 (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Briggs, Alice
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| Title Statement |
- Title - From Peking to Perth
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Alice Briggs
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Perth, Western Australia :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Artlook Books,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1984.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 159 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 25 x 17 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Autobiography of a British woman who was born in China, educated in England, and worked in Hong Kong prior to World War II. When the Japanese took over the British colony, she was interned along with other British nationals. She describes her ordeals in detail.
Of relevance to the Philippines since a daughter, Patricia, was in the Philippines and was interned in Baguio. The book cites two letters from Patricia describing conditions in internment camp in 1943, and also conditions in the Philippines in 1945. (The letters are in pp. 135-140) - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, Australian.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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