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Empire's Children , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 482min

As the daughter of the Tea-maker, Shiro’s life is bound by the expectations of others. But Shiro has no interest in convention.Her holidays are spent with best friend Lakshmi, a coolie labourer, and she dreams of becoming a doctor, unhampered by her gender, her race, or her social standing.Privilege is something Anthony and William Ashley Cooper take for granted. On the Sri Lankan tea fields in particular, the English are masters.When Anthony takes over management of the plantation, he discovers the truth about his family’s dealings with the locals. He desperately wants to make a difference - to be a different kind of man - but William’s reckless lust and their father’s never-ending greed stand in his way.Tragedy, grief, and separation threaten Shiro and shackle Lakshmi in the bondage of class distinction. Can Anthony’s love of justice set right the wrongs of the past?Wombat Books acknowledges the support of the Australian Council for the Arts in the recording and production of this audiobook. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gabrielle Herd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/233181/bk_acx0_233181_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Indian Monologue

The Indian Monologue ab 48.99 € als Taschenbuch: An Insight Into Mulk Raj Anand's Coolie And Untouchable. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Gebundene Ausgaben,

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The Origin Of The Guyanian Indians Ascertained

The Origin Of The Guyanian Indians Ascertained ab 35.99 € als gebundene Ausgabe: Or The Aborigines Of America; Especially Of The Guyanas And The East Indian Coolie Immigrants Compared (1881). Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Gebundene Ausgaben,

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A Superior Man , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 673min

For more than 30 years, Paul Yee has written about his Chinese Canadian heritage in award-winning books for young audiences as well as adult nonfiction. Here, in his first work of fiction for adults, he takes us on a harrowing journey into a milestone event of Canadian history: the use of Chinese coolies to help build the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia in hazardous conditions. After the CPR is built in 1885, Yang Hok, a former coolie, treks along the railway to return his half-Chinese/half-Native son to the boy's mother, where he confronts the conflicts arising from road building among the Chinese and Native peoples. Hok's guide on the often perilous trip, Sam Bing Lew, also of mixed Chinese-Native blood, urges Hok to take his son to China, while Hok has dreams of finding fortune in America. The two men agree on little, as many issues fester between Chinese and Natives at a time when both races are disdained as inferior by whites ("redbeards"). This far-reaching novel crackles with the brutal, visceral energy of the time - a period marked by contraband, illegal gambling, disfigurement, and death. It also depicts the bawdy world of Chinese "bachelors" whose families remained in China while they worked in Canada and who enjoyed more freedom to live their lives without restraint. Yang Hok is not an easy man to like; but through the blood and sweat of his experience, he aspires to become the "superior man" he knows he should be. Boldly frank and steeped in history, A Superior Man paints a vivid portrait of the experience of the Chinese in North America in the 19th century. Paul Yee's 27 books for young people include the Governor General's Award-winning Ghost Train. This is his first novel for adults. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Chen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/009596/bk_reco_009596_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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