Nancy E Davis The Chinese Lad

The Chinese Lady: Afong Moy in Early America Davis Nancy E. (curator emeritus curator emeritus National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution) Wydawca: Oxford University Press Inc Data wydania: 2019 ISBN: 9780190645236 Liczba stron: 296 Format: 168 x 244 x 24 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: In 1834, a Chinese woman named Afong Moy arrived in America as both a prized guest and an advertisement for a merchant firm-a promotional curiosity with bound feet and a celebrity used to peddle exotic wares from the East. This first biography of Afong Moy explores how she shaped Americans impressions of China, while living as a stranger in a foreign land.