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America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat by Wu Tingfang

America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat by Wu Tingfang

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America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat

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America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat

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Wu Tingfang

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Anthem Travel Classics

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Description

A beguiling account of twentieth-century America through the eyes of an outsider, a remarkable inversion of the standard 'Westerner observing the exotic' travel writing formula. Wu Tingfang wrote this book at an intriguing juncture in history - aeroplanes and motion pictures had recently been invented, and while he did not know it, a tremendous cultural shift was about to take place in the West due to the First World War. His observations are enlightening and remain as relevant today as the era in which they were written.

Author Biography:

Wu Tingfang (1842-1922) was a Chinese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and briefly as Acting Premier during the early years of the Republic of China. Jonathan Spence teaches in the field of Chinese history from around 1600 to the present and on Western images of China since the middle ages at Yale University.

Release date Australia

March 1st, 2007

Author

Wu Tingfang

Series

Anthem Travel Classics

Contributor

Introduction by Jonathan Spence

Pages

174

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

18+ halftone photographs

Dimensions

130x199x26

ISBN-13

9781843312697

Product ID

2493340

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