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Growing Up In Tientsin
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Download or read book The Ford of Heaven written by Brian Power and published by C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS. This book was released on 2005 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ford of Heaven, an ancient river port in north-eastern China, gave travellers access to the Celestial City of Peking and the Emperor of Heaven eighty miles to the west. Tientsin, as British settlers called The Ford of Heaven, became a treaty port in 1860 in the wake of the Opium Wars. In the 1920s and 1930s it was occupied by Britain, France, Germany, Russia, America and other foreign powers. This memoir evokes a childhood spent in this strange and exotic place. In contrast to other accounts of lives lived in foreign enclaves, Brian Powers early experiences were shaped not by his parents values but by the loving care and calm spirit of his Chinese amah Y Jieh, who gave him the gift of Chinese and an understanding of her peoples legends and superstitions.
Book Synopsis Growing Up Jewish in China by : Dolly Beil
Download or read book Growing Up Jewish in China written by Dolly Beil and published by BPS Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful and compelling memoir of Jewish life in China during the first half of the 20th century. Beil spent the first part of her life in the Chinese cities of Tsingtao (Qingdao), Mukden (Shenyang), Harbin, and Tientsin (Tianjin) and lived through the Japanese occupation, liberation by Americans at the end of World War II, civil war between Nationalist and Communist forces, and the flight of foreign nationals from an increasingly closed society.
Book Synopsis Growing Up Jewish in China by : Dolly Beil
Download or read book Growing Up Jewish in China written by Dolly Beil and published by BPS Books. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful memoir of Jewish life in China during the first half of the twentieth century. Dolly Beil spent the first part of her life in the Chinese cities of Tsingtao (Qingdao), Mukden (Shenyang), Harbin, and Tientsin (Tianjin). Her father, owner of a jewellery store and a businessman, descended from the prominent family of Solomon Guterman, who owned an estate in Irkutsk, Russia. Her mother was one of three daughters of Grigory Lazarovich Gershevich, who built the first hotel in the northern city of Harbin, located on Pacific Road. The year of Dolly's birth -- 1927 -- meant that she and her family, part of the country's small Jewish community, would live through events that would change China, and them, forever: The Japanese occupation Liberation by Americans at the end of World War II Civil war between Nationalist and Communist forces The flight of foreign nationals from an increasingly closed society Beil's entertaining stories will draw you into an unusual blend of European and Asian life in the country of her early joys and sorrows: China, the country that she loves so much to this very day. Includes seventy black and white photos.
Book Synopsis The Tribe of Dina by : Melanie Kaye Kantrowitz
Download or read book The Tribe of Dina written by Melanie Kaye Kantrowitz and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1989-08-31 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In richly diverse essays, stories, memoirs, poems, and interviews, the contributors to this collection affirm the depth of Jewish women's participation in Jewish life and give strength to feminist struggles in the Jewish community.
Book Synopsis Displaced Comrades by : Ebony Nilsson
Download or read book Displaced Comrades written by Ebony Nilsson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the lives of left-wing Soviet refugees who fled the Cold War to settle in Australia, and uncovers how they adjusted to life under surveillance in the West. As Cold War tensions built in the postwar years, many of these refugees happily resettled in the West as model refugees, proof of capitalist countries' superiority. But for a few, this was not the case. Displaced Comrades provides an account of these Cold War misfits, those refugees who fled East for West, but remained left-wing or pro-Soviet. Drawing on interviews, government records and surveillance dossiers from multiple continents this book explores how these refugees' ideas took root in new ways. As these radical ideas drew suspicion from western intelligence these everyday lives were put under surveillance, shadowed by the persistent threat of espionage. With unprecented access to intelligence records, Nilsson focuses on how a number of these left-wing refugees adjusted to life in Australia, opening up a previously invisible segment of postwar migration history, and offering a new exploration of life as a Soviet 'enemy alien' in the West.
Book Synopsis Foreign Relations of the United States by : William Woodville Rockhill
Download or read book Foreign Relations of the United States written by William Woodville Rockhill and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Chinese Americans and Their Immigrant Parents by : May Pao-may Tung
Download or read book Chinese Americans and Their Immigrant Parents written by May Pao-may Tung and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In order to help you understand Chinese immigrants or help your clients, Chinese Americans and Their Immigrant Parents provides you with information about several differences found between the two cultures."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Childhood in World History by : Peter N. Stearns
Download or read book Childhood in World History written by Peter N. Stearns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fourth edition, Childhood in World History covers the major developments in the history of childhood from the classical civilizations to the present and explores how agricultural and industrial economies have shaped the experiences of children. Through comparative analysis, Peter N. Stearns facilitates a cross-cultural and transnational understanding of attitudes toward the role of children in society, and how "models" of childhood have developed throughout history. He addresses the tension between regional and social/gender differences, on the one hand, and factors that encouraged greater convergence, including the experience of globalization. The book also deals with regional patterns as determined by different religious and cultural systems and family structures. It encourages readers to consider the complexity in evaluating childhood patterns in the past, in light of more modern conditions and expectations, and at the same time to realize some of the problems contemporary children encounter. This updated and expanded fourth edition includes: Broadened discussions of childhood in Asia, Africa, and Latin America Additional text on children’s play and the impact of immigration More voices from children throughout Updated bibliographies and suggested readings Concisely presented but broad in scope, this book will be of interest to students of world history and those involved in interdisciplinary approaches to childhood.
Book Synopsis My Life in China and America by : Wing Yung
Download or read book My Life in China and America written by Wing Yung and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My Life in China and America" by Wing Yung Yung Wing was a Chinese-American diplomat and businessman. In 1854, he became the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university. His life allowed him to live in both countries, giving him a unique perspective on the world and the inner workings of both societies. As such, he was able to draw comparisons and see the advantages and disadvantages of the Chinese and American systems.
Book Synopsis Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949: The Far East: China by :
Download or read book Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949: The Far East: China written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States by : United States. Department of State
Download or read book Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Olga's Story by : Stephanie Williams
Download or read book Olga's Story written by Stephanie Williams and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Canadian journalist Stephanie Williams set out to discover her Russian grandmother’ s long-lost history, what she unearthed was this stunning, sprawling portrait of a life lived on the grand stage of the 20th century. Born in remote Siberia in 1900, Olga Yunter was the youngest of five children. As a teenager during the Revolution, she was a courier and arms-runner for the White Russians. After learning of the execution of her brother at the hands of the Red Army, which drew nearer every day, her father sent her to China with rubies and gold sewn into her petticoats. She would never see her family again. The life of a Russian exile in China meant poverty and fear. But Olga was lucky. She met and married Fred Edney, and gave birth to their daughter, Irina, the author’s mother. But the creeping Japanese occupation and invasion of China forced Olga to flee with Irina to Canada, leaving Fred behind to continue working. For five years she heard almost nothing of her husband, save that he was alive in a Japanese prison camp. At the end of the war she returned to China to find him broken by his internment. The family was driven out of the country for good by the Chinese Revolution in 1949. They settled in Oxford, where Olga and Fred lived out the rest of their days. Drawing on letters, diaries, government documents, and interviews, Stephanie Williams brings to life this gripping historical drama, sweeping in scope and illuminated by the intimate details of one woman’s extraordinary life.
Download or read book 李鴻章 written by Samuel C. Chu and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1994 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Li Hung-chang (1823-1901) was a Chinese statesman particularly notable for his promotion of industrialization and advocacy of bureaucratic reform. Most of the papers in this volume were first presented in two panels devoted to Li at the 1987 annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association. The volume is divided into six parts: introduction ("The Beginnings of China's Modernization"), the rise of Li Hung-chang, Li in the role of a national official, Li as diplomat, Li as modernizer, and conclusion (including a bibliographical essay). Paper edition (unseen), $22.50. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Glimpses of East Asia by : Tomoyuki Kawata
Download or read book Glimpses of East Asia written by Tomoyuki Kawata and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for have subtitle: Nippon Yusen Kaisya official guide (varies)
Book Synopsis Glimpses of the East by : Tomoyuki Kawata
Download or read book Glimpses of the East written by Tomoyuki Kawata and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for have subtitle: Nippon Yusen Kaisya official guide (varies)
Download or read book 中國現代小說戲劇一千五百種 written by 謝泳、蔡登山 and published by 秀威出版. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 此書由三部分組成：第一部分是蘇雪林寫的〈中國當代小說和戲劇〉（Present Day Fiction & Drama In China）；第二部分是趙燕聲寫的〈作者小傳〉（Short Biographies Of Authors）；第三部分是善秉仁寫的〈中國現代小說戲劇一千五百種〉（1500 Modern Chinese Novels &Plays）。本書初版時間是一九四八年，大體上可以視為中國現代文學結束期的一個總結，作為工具性的書，因是總結當代小說和戲劇及其相關的作家問題，它提供的材料準確性較高。特別是善秉仁編著的〈中國現代小說戲劇一千五百種〉，主要是書目提要，而作者的評價對於研究者來說亦頗富參考價值。【秀威資訊科技股份有限公司製作】
Book Synopsis Hungry Ghosts by : John D. Greenwood
Download or read book Hungry Ghosts written by John D. Greenwood and published by Monsoon Books. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the development of Singapore in the years 1852-1869, Hungry Ghosts (Singapore Saga, Vol 3) continues the vivid portrayal of the lives of the early pioneers, including Tan Kim Ching, W. H. Read, Habib Noh, Tan Kim Seng, Mother St Mathilde, Syed Ahmed Alsagoff and Whampoa as well as an array of fictional characters who bring nineteenth-century Singapore to life. A female refugee from the Taiping rebellion is kidnapped in Amoy and sold as a concubine in Singapore; a terror-filled secret society soldier is led down to the ten courts of hell on the night of the hungry ghosts; Duncan Simpson meets with the Taiping Heavenly King in Nanking, and is tortured in a Chinese prison and a Buddhist monk has an unforgettable encounter with a female corpse. As the fates and fortunes of its protagonists play themselves out against the backdrop of the Indian Mutiny, the Second Opium War and the last years of the Taiping rebellion, Singapore becomes a Crown colony and celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its founding. Hungry Ghosts is volume three in the Singapore Saga, a series of historical fiction covering the early years of Singapore, and follows Forbidden Hill and Chasing the Dragon.
