Fotografía de autor
20 Obras 77 Miembros 2 Reseñas

Sobre El Autor

Incluye los nombres: Joe Holiday, Joe Holliday

Obras de Joseph Holliday

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Género
male
Nacionalidad
Canada
Lugares de residencia
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Miembros

Reseñas

A snapshot of life in Hong Kong in the mid-20th century as RCMP Constable Dale investigates a Chinese people-smuggling operation -- the kind where "paper families" were formed to circumvent the harsh, discriminatory immigration quotas. (It seems a bit tough on the Chinese, reflects Dale, but the RCMP's role is to enforce laws not critique them.) There's a lot of mild, casual racism from Dale and his British colleagues. On the other hand, I reflect that (then and now) there was a lot of mild, casual racism directed by the Chinese at the "big noses" as well. It's definitely a recognizable nostalgic picture of Hong Kong, which hadn't changed much from Dale's 1962 visit until I visited in 1979 (it's totally unrecognizable today), except that Holliday describes Kai Tak airport's fine, long runway... I'm guessing those airplanes in 1960 were a lot smaller. And young Dale and all his fellow passengers were puffing away on cigarettes like there was no tomorrow. How times have changed.… (más)
 
Denunciada
muumi | Feb 8, 2019 |
"Without the aid of the de Havilland Mosquito, the German rocket installations at Peenemunde might have gone undetected, and Allied aerial supremacy in World War II would have been seriously challenged. Here is a fine, full-scale history of that incredible airplane, from its beginning as a 'crazy' idea to its dramatic success in a variety of roles throughout the war,"
 
Denunciada
MasseyLibrary | Mar 26, 2018 |

Estadísticas

Obras
20
Miembros
77
Popularidad
#231,246
Reseñas
2
ISBNs
5
Idiomas
2

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