Yung Wing

My Life in China and America

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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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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Earnshaw, Graham (Solist)

ISBN: 978-988-99874-5-9
EAN: 9789889987459
Produktnummer: 11001856
Verlag: Earnshaw Books Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 164 S.
Masse: H20.8 cm x B14.2 cm x D1.5 cm 177 g
Gewicht: 177

Über den Autor

Yung Wing, who was born in a village in southern China in 1828 and became the first Chinese person ever to be educated at a major US college, graduating from Yale in 1854. He returned to China and visited the Taiping rebel capital of Nanjing, giving active consideration to helping them in their struggle to overthrow the Manchu government. He was a part of the missionary Christian community of the United States, and a great believer in the strengths and benefits of Western civilization, but also fiercely patriotic and proud of being Chinese.