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020			_a9781003145226 _q(ebook)
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020			_a9781000379747 _q(electronic bk. : PDF)
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020			_a9781000379754 _q(electronic bk. : EPUB)
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035			_a(OCoLC)1221015648
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100	1		_aGibson, William, _d1974- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAlfred Raquez and the French experience of the Far East, 1898-1906 / _cWilliam L. Gibson.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2021.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bn _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aRoutledge studies in the modern history of Asia
520			_a"A study of an enigmatic travel writer and his work in colonial Asia during the fin de siècle. In 1898, a man calling himself Alfred Raquez appeared in Indochina claiming to be a writer travelling the world to escape unfathomable sorrows back home in France. He published thousands of pages of highly detailed travel accounts that open a unique window onto the European presence in the Far East. He travelled far into the Zomia of upland Southeast Asia, a peripheral zone populated by people who lived beyond official state power. Raquez explored the nightlife of Shanghai and operated a popular cabaret in Hanoi. An amateur anthropologist, he helped mount expositions of colonial material in Hanoi and Marseille. Raquez met people in the highest circles of Belle Époque Indochina, as well as the kings of Annam, Cambodia, Laos and Siam. And yet, despite the charm and the ebullience and the erudition, through all his travels and rising fame, the man kept a secret that was so mortifying that even his closest companions would not learn of it until after his death in 1907. In truth, Alfred Raquez did not exist. A fascinating read for students and scholars of colonial Southeast Asia, and European colonialism more broadly"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
600	1	0	_aRaquez, A. _xTravel _zIndochina.
650		0	_aEuropeans _zIndochina _xHistory.
650		0	_aFrench _zIndochina _xHistory.
651		0	_aIndochina _xDescription and travel.
651		0	_aIndochina _xSocial life and customs.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia _2bisacsh
856	4	0	_3Taylor & Francis _uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003145226
856	4	2	_3OCLC metadata license agreement _uhttp://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
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