Tong Shao Yi And His Family

Author : David G. Hinners
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tong Shao-Yi and His Family written by David G. Hinners and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an intimate view of one great man in Chinese history, Tong Shao-yi, and several generations of his lineage, through a series of family letters written to their adopted American family in New England and preserved in the US. Hinners' great-grandparents hosted three members of the first Chinese educational mission to the US. One of a hundred young boys from powerful Chinese families, Tong Shao-yi later served as Prime Minister of the embryonic Republic of China in 1912. Includes bandw historical photos of family members and places, plus family trees. Hinners is retired from the Justice Department, and visited China as a tourist in 1987. Lacks a subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Liel Leibovitz
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393080331
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fortunate Sons: The 120 Chinese Boys Who Came to America, Went to School, and Revolutionized an Ancient Civilization written by Liel Leibovitz and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With its surging storyline, extraordinary events, and depth of character, this gripping tale of 120 Chinese boys sent to America…reads more like a novel than an obscure slice of history." —Publishers Weekly, starred review In 1872, China—ravaged by poverty, population growth, and aggressive European armies—sent 120 boys to America to learn the secrets of Western innovation. They studied at New England’s finest schools and were driven by a desire for progress and reform. When anti-Chinese fervor forced them back home, the young men had to overcome a suspicious imperial court and a country deeply resistant to change in technology and culture. Fortunate Sons tells a remarkable story, weaving together the dramas of personal lives with the fascinating tale of a nation’s endeavor to become a world power.

Author : Edward J. M. Rhoads
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888028863
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stepping Forth into the World written by Edward J. M. Rhoads and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese Educational Mission was one of the earliest efforts at educational modernization in China. As part of the Self-Strengthening Movement, the Qing government sent 120 students to New England to live and study for a decade, before they were abruptly summoned home to China in 1881. This book, based upon extensive research in local archives and newspapers, focuses on the experiences of the students during their nine-year stay in the United States. Historians of modern China will find this book highly relevant because of its detailed account of one of the major projects of the Self-Strengthening Movement. To date, there are at most two credible studies in English and Chinese on the Chinese Educational Mission; both are deficient in source citation and tend to dwell on the students' experiences after their return to China rather than during their stay in America. This volume will also appeal to specialists in Asian-American studies, for its comparing and contrasting the experiences of the Chinese students with those of other Chinese in the United States during a period of rising anti-Chinese sentiment, which culminated in the enactment of Chinese Exclusion in 1882. This book offers a slightly different perspective than most other works on the nature of the anti-Chinese movement, which may have been more class-based rather than race-based. The compare and contrast of students from China with those from Japan, which also sent large numbers of students to New England at roughly the same period of time, will be of interest to East Asian comparative historians as well. Edward J. M. Rhoadsis a professor emeretus in history at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author ofChina's Republican Revolution: The Case of Kwangtung, 1895-1913andManchus and Han: Ethnic Relations and Political Power in Late Qing and Early Republican China, 1861-1928. "Rhoads has meticulously constructed the individual and collective histories of the 120 young men and boys sent by a beleaguered late Qing government to live and acquire English and Western knowledge in white New England families, schools and universities. As the vanguard of legions of Chinese students who have studied in the U.S. since, and as contemporaries of the far more numerous Chinese coolies whose paths they never crossed, this compelling study adds a surprising new chapter to early Asian American history." - Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Professor of History and Ethnic Studies; Director, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University

Author : Yuwu Song
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786445939
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations written by Yuwu Song and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-10-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1784, when the American ship Empress of China arrived in Guangzhou, Chinese-American relations have experienced advances and setbacks. As the Chinese economy rapidly expands, China assumes a more dominant position in world politics, and continued fruitful relations with the United States are a primary concern for both nations in the twenty-first century. This encyclopedia contains more than 400 descriptive entries of important events, issues, personalities, controversies, treaties, agreements, organizations and alliances in the history of Sino-American relations, from Chinese and American perspectives. Also included are maps, a chronology, a list of acronyms, and three appendices (American chiefs on missions to China, Chinese chiefs on missions to the United States, and the correspondence of Wade-Giles to Pinyin).

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Total Pages : 480 pages
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Download or read book China written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1110 pages
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Download or read book The American Journal of International Law written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1970-1973 include: American Society of International Law. Meeting. Proceedings, 64th-67th, previously published separately; with the 68th, resumed being publihsed separately.

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Total Pages : 580 pages
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Total Pages : 558 pages
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Download or read book American Biography written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John James Mullowney
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Total Pages : 166 pages
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Download or read book A Revelation of the Chinese Revolution written by John James Mullowney and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Walter Hines Page
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Total Pages : 756 pages
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Download or read book The World's Work written by Walter Hines Page and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of our time.