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Four sisters of Hofei : a history / Annping Chin.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating CT3710 .C485 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chin, Ann-ping, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--China--Hefei Shi--Biography.
- Women.
- Women--China--Hefei--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Scribner, c2002.
- Summary:
- This book is "an intimate encounter with Chinese history, told through the collective memory and stories of four sisters born between 1908 and 1914"--Dust jacket.
- Four sisters born between 1908 and 1914 recall their lives and experiences in this exploration of twentieth-century Chinese culture and history, drawing on letters, diaries, family histories, journals, and other writings.
- Contents:
- The Change Family
- The Wedding
- Birth
- Reasons for Moving
- The Hofei Spirit
- Grandmother
- Mother
- Father
- The School
- Nurse-Nannies
- Yuan-ho
- Yun-ho
- Chao-ho
- Ch'ung-ho.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-299) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 068487377X
- OCLC:
- 57397077
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