Wu Tingfang

America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

A beguiling account of twentieth-century America through the eyes of an outsider, a remarkable inversion of the standard 'Westerner observing the exotic' travel writing formula.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857287052
• Artikelnr.: 44360795

Autorenporträt

Wu Tingfang (1842-1922) was a Chinese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and briefly as Acting Premier during the early years of the Republic of China.

Jonathan Spence teaches in the field of Chinese history from around 1600 to the present and on Western images of China since the middle ages at Yale University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Introduction by Jonathan Spence
Preface by Wu Tingfang
The Importance of Names
American Prosperity
American Government
America and China
American Education
American Business Methods
American Freedom and Equality
American Manners
American Women
American Costumes
American versus Chinese Civilization
American versus Chinese Civilization (continued)
Dinners, Banquets, Etc
Theaters
Opera and Musical Entertainments
Conjuring and Circuses
Sports