Archives of Intimacy

Racial Mixing and Chinese Lives in the Colonial Port City, 1905-49

by Nadine Attewell

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2026
London Review of Books
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Catalogue record

ISBN: 978-1-5036-4710-7

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ISBN: 978-1-5036-4710-7
Author: Attewell, Nadine
Statement: Archives of Intimacy : Racial Mixing and Chinese Lives in the Colonial Port City, 1905-49 / Nadine Attewell.

Catalogue data checked 4 October 2026