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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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