A Floating Chinaman : : Fantasy and Failure across the Pacific / / Hua Hsu.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Hsu, Hua,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: What Means the World to You? --; 1. Theoretical China --; 2. Naïve Melody --; 3. Four Hundred Million Customers --; 4. Pink Flag --; 5. Down and Out in New York City --; 6. Pacific Crossings --; 7. Too Big to Fail --; Conclusion: The Floaters --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674969285; 9783110649826; 9783110485103; 9783110485264; 9783110638585
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674969285
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Hua Hsu.

Who gets to speak for China? During the interwar years, when American condescension toward China yielded to fascination with all things Chinese, a circle of writers sparked an unprecedented conversation over U.S.-Chinese relations. Hua Hsu tells how they became ensnared in bitter rivalries over who could claim the title of leading China expert.