Suffering Through Strength: The Men Who Made Christmas Island by John Hunt

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, with all corners now protected with book tape. Damage to the spine tail is also now protected with book tape. Interior and binding are still very good.

This well-researched book tells the story of Christmas Island, an Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean, from 1899 to 1948, with particular emphasis on the Chinese coolie experience, who came from impoverished areas of South China. 'Suffering through Strength' is the literal translation of the two Chinese words for coolie.

Christmas Island was an uninhabited island opened up for mining, in the face of disease, suffering and exploitation.

Includes many photographs never before published. John Hunt was Christmas Island's Special Magistrate and Coroner from 1974 to 1978.