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The Chinese lady : Afong Moy in early America / Nancy E. Davis.
LIBRA E184.C5 D38 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Nancy E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Moy, Afong.
- Chinese American women--Biography.
- Chinese American women.
- Women immigrants--United States--Biography.
- Women immigrants.
- History.
- United States--Civilization--Chinese influences.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- China--Foreign public opinion, American--History.
- China.
- Civilization--Chinese influences.
- Public opinion, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 331 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190645236
- 0190645237
- OCLC:
- 1077616900
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