My life in China and America

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My life in China and America

by Yung Wing ; with a new foreword by Graham Earnshaw

Earnshaw Books, c2007

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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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Description

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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Details

  • NCID
    BB16054790
  • ISBN
    • 9789889987459
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Hong Kong
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 164 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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