Streets – Exploring Kowloon
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2002
Hong Kong University Press (Verlag)
978-962-209-813-8 (ISBN)
Hong Kong University Press (Verlag)
978-962-209-813-8 (ISBN)
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Aims to illustrate aspects of Hong Kong's history, culture, society and heritage. This book starts with a district familiar to all visitors - Tsim Sha Tsui - and then moves into the hinterland of Kowloon. It guides the reader with maps and travel information to take walks, each along a specific street pointing out historically important sites.
The book starts with a district familiar to all visitors - Tsim Sha Tsui - but then moves into the hinterland of Kowloon, taking the reader and walker far beyond the well-known streets of tourist-oriented shops and hotels. Streets: Exploring Kowloon, like its companion, Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island, guides the reader with maps and travel information to take 45 walks throughout Kowloon, each along a specific street pointing out historically and culturally important sites, but also the curious and the intriguing.
The book starts with a district familiar to all visitors - Tsim Sha Tsui - but then moves into the hinterland of Kowloon, taking the reader and walker far beyond the well-known streets of tourist-oriented shops and hotels. Streets: Exploring Kowloon, like its companion, Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island, guides the reader with maps and travel information to take 45 walks throughout Kowloon, each along a specific street pointing out historically and culturally important sites, but also the curious and the intriguing.
Jason Wordie is a local historian and long-time resident of Hong Kong. A graduate of Hong Kong University, he has written extensively on the history and culture of Hong Kong. He lives in the north-west New Territories. The outstanding photographs in this book are taken by two of Hong Kong's notable photographers Anthony J. Hedley and John Lambon.
| Verlagsort | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 227 mm |
| Gewicht | 536 g |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Asien ► China |
| ISBN-10 | 962-209-813-4 / 9622098134 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-962-209-813-8 / 9789622098138 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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