My Life in China and America
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My Life in China and America

  1. 300 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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My Life in China and America

About this book

The first five chapters of this book give an account of my early education, previous to going to America, where it was continued, first at Monson Academy, in Monson, Massachusetts, and later, at Yale College. The sixth chapter begins with my reëntrance into the Chinese world, after an absence of eight years. Would it not be strange, if an Occidental education, continually exemplified by an Occidental civilization, had not wrought upon an Oriental such a metamorphosis in his inward nature as to make him feel and act as though he were a being coming from a different world, when he confronted one so diametrically different? This was precisely my case, and yet neither my patriotism nor the love of my fellow-countrymen had been weakened. On the contrary, they had increased in strength from sympathy. Hence, the succeeding chapters of my book will be found to be devoted to the working out of my educational scheme, as an expression of my undying love for China, and as the most feasible method to my mind, of reformation and regeneration for her.

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Information

Publisher
Alofsin Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781406739688, 9781443726221
eBook ISBN
9781447487951

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Preface
  6. Contents
  7. I. Boyhood
  8. II. School Days
  9. III. Journey to America and First Experiences There
  10. IV. At Monson Academy
  11. V. My College Days
  12. VI. Return to China
  13. VII. Effort to Find a Position
  14. VIII. Experiences in Business
  15. IX. My First Trip to the Tea Districts
  16. X. My Visit to the Taipings
  17. XI. Reflections on the Taiping Rebellion
  18. XII. Expedition to the Taiping Tea District
  19. XIII. My Interviews with Tsang Kwoh Fan
  20. XIV. My Mission to America to Buy Machinery
  21. XV. My Second Return to China
  22. XVI. Proposal of My Educational Scheme
  23. XVII. The Chinese Educational Mission
  24. XVIII. Investigation of the Coolie Traffic in Peru
  25. XIX. End of the Educational Mission
  26. XX. Journey to Peking and Death of My Wife
  27. XXI. My Recall to China
  28. XXII. The Coup D’etat of 1898
  29. Appendix
  30. Index