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C. P. Fitzgerald C. P. Fitzgerald i(18350636 works by) (a.k.a. Charles Patrick Fitzgerald)
Born: Established: 5 Mar 1902 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 13 Apr 1992 Camperdown, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Heritage: English
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2 y separately published work icon Why China? Recollections of China, 1923-1950 C. P. Fitzgerald , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1985 18350665 1985 single work autobiography prose travel

"The author describes his book as the answer to the question, so often asked, and posed in the title, as to why he went to China. It is not a history of the early, pre-Communist Republic of China; nor is it a complete biography. Fitzgerald's personality, does however, emerge from every page--independent-minded, obstinate, endlessly curious. The whole history of twentieth-century China and of modern Sinology is hardly humdrum, but this is an outstanding book by an unusual author. Here we have a first-hand account of old China surviving into the modern era, of China in turmoil, of old China hands, primitive transport and 'loony' missionaries."

Source: ANU Library.
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