My life in China and America
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My life in China and America
Earnshaw Books, c2007
Available at 1 libraries
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Description based on 3rd printing August 2009
"This edition with a new foreword is published by China Economic Review Publishing (HK) Limited for Earnshaw Books"--T.p. verso
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This book, first published in 1909, in the autobiography of a man who witnessed and played a key role in 19th century China. Remarkably, the book was written in English - Yung Wing, born in 1828, was the first Chinese person ever to graduate from a major US college. He then returned to his own world, seeing it now with outsiders' eyes. He brokered the purchase of China's first arms factory from the US, and proposed widespread financial and social changes, which were the inspiration for the changes China went through in the 20th century. This is a unique and highly readable book.
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