The Chinese lady Afong Moy in early America
Setting the stage -- The cast -- Behind the scenes -- The show -- The curtain rises -- Afong Moy presents Chinese objects for the person -- Afong Moy presents Chinese objects for the American home -- On tour -- New York to Charleston -- Return to the North -- Cuba and up the Mississippi River -- Fin...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2019
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Foy, Afong
> Moy, Afong
> Geschichte 1834-1851
> Chinese American women / Biography
> Women immigrants / United States / Biography
> HISTORY / United States / General
> Chinese American women
> Civilization / Chinese influences
> Public opinion, American
> Women immigrants
> Chinabild
> Chinesin
> United States / Civilization / Chinese influences
> China / Foreign public opinion, American / History
> China
> United States
> USA
> Biografie
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Setting the stage -- The cast -- Behind the scenes -- The show -- The curtain rises -- Afong Moy presents Chinese objects for the person -- Afong Moy presents Chinese objects for the American home -- On tour -- New York to Charleston -- Return to the North -- Cuba and up the Mississippi River -- Finale -- Off stage -- The final act "In 1834, a Chinese woman named Afong Moy arrived in America as both a prized guest and advertisement for a merchant firm--a promotional curiosity and celebrity used to peddle exotic wares from the East. This first biography of Afong Moy explores how she shaped a number of Americans' impressions of China, all while living as a stranger in a foreign land"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | xi, 331 Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits (schwarz-weiß) 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780190645236 978-0-19-064523-6 |