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From the bestselling author of Oracle Bones and River Town comes the final book in his award-winning trilogy on the human side of the economic revolution in China.
Peter Hessler, whom the Wall Street Journal calls "one of the Western world's most thoughtful writers on modern China," deftly illuminates the vast, shifting landscape of a traditionally rural nation that, having once built walls against foreigners, is now building roads and factory towns that look to the outside world.
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If you think McDonald's is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Wendys combined. New York Times reporter and Chinese-American (or American-born Chinese). In her search, Jennifer 8 Lee traces the history of Chinese-American experience through the lens of the food. In a compelling blend of sociology and history, Jenny Lee exposes the indentured servitude Chinese restaurants expect from illegal immigrant chefs, investigates the relationship between Jews and Chinese food, and weaves a personal narrative about her own relationship with Chinese food. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles speaks to the immigrant experience as a whole, and the way it has shaped our country.
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Ida Pruitt's biography of Ning Lao Tai-tai (literally "old lady Ning"), is a farmer from north-east China, was born in 1867, a fascinating tale of personal history is anecdotal Ning, as it related to the author During his two years of friendship. Ning's life story: childhood, marriage, work, children will be placed in a chronological history, divided into sections on specific turning points, and yet a consistent theme of poverty, oppression andPoverty, women, strong of mind and weak men carried out not only during Ning stories, but also the stories they told of their ancestors and neighbors.
Pruitt writes with the voice of Ning, as if to translate, but what they actually do is, given the Ning stories of his life in the first half of the 20th Century. Ning was born into a cultured middle class family who had fallen into disgrace. His father wants a better situation for their wedding, but the older man haschooses to take the family for their opium falling into poverty. To survive and feed their children Ning must first be a beggar, has become a servant then, the different families: military, Muslim, bureaucrat, and finally to Christian missionaries. Speaking against concubinage and prostitution, the plight of employers, the need to support and keep the family together, and Ning's voice is not completely clear.
Using a first-person account of the stories are Impresssions PruittAccuracy, yet there have been seven years between the conversations with Ning and writing the book. The apparent dislike of the Japanese in the prologue and last chapter, along with the pub. Date of the book show a hidden agenda by the author. But while the prospect of this woman's experience is limited, Ning's story reflects the difficulties of life for Chinese women before the age of communism.
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