The Chinese Lady

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  • The Chinese Lady Book Detail

  • Author : Nancy E. Davis
  • Release Date : 2022
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 345
  • ISBN 13 : 0197581986
  • File Size : 61,61 MB

The Chinese Lady by Nancy E. Davis PDF Summary

Book Description: 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.

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