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From one root many flowers : a century of family life in China and America / Virginia C. Li.
LIBRA CS1169 .L44 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Virginia C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Li family.
- Li, Virginia C.
- China--Biography.
- China.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Century of family life in China and America
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2003.
- Summary:
- This is both the story of Li's family and a story of modern China, offering hope for the future of United States-Chinese relations and insight for Americans into an ancient land.
- Contents:
- Part I. China
- Chapter 1. China 1989 17
- Chapter 2. Chrysanthemum That Grew in Winter 35
- Chapter 3. The Soldier-Poet's Path 61
- Chapter 4. On the Front Line 93
- Chapter 5. Childhood in Wartime 115
- Chapter 6. "All My Children, All My Sisters" 135
- Chapter 7. Postvictory 151
- Part II. New World
- Chapter 8. Beautiful Country 167
- Chapter 9. Return to China and Departure 181
- Chapter 10. School Days in a Strange Land 197
- Chapter 11. Cooking Up the Future with the Good Will Wok 213
- Chapter 12. Finding My Path 233
- Part III. Two Worlds Entwine
- Chapter 13. A Glimpse of the People's Republic 253
- Chapter 14. Last Journey of the Confucian General 267
- Chapter 15. Valleys and Countryside 295
- Chapter 16. Hong Kong's Return 307
- Chapter 17. Mama 317
- Chapter 18. Going Forward 327.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1591020816
- OCLC:
- 52241010
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