The Dark Island: Leprosy in New Zealand and the Quail Island Colony - Benjamin Kingsbury Format_Paperback Christensen created this invaluable guide

Christensen created this invaluable guide to help visitors and armchair travellers see past the exotic - and often erroneous - traditional stereotypes to better understand the real China of today

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illustrations and beautiful colour photography Clearly explained projects help the reader put the skills into practice A simple guide

With a fascinating selection of stories about Japanese culture and people

The Dark Island: Leprosy in New Zealand and the Quail Island Colony - Benjamin Kingsbury Format_Paperback Christensen created this invaluable guideFrom 1906 to 1925 Quail Island was the site of New Zealand's leprosy colony. The colony began by accident, as it were, after the discovery of a leprosy sufferer in Christchurch. As further patients arrived from across the country, it grew into a controversial and troubled institution an embarrassment to the Health Department, an object of pity to a few, a source of fear to many. It was a place that some people wanted to forget, but its stories are