1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461638303321

Autore

Rhoads Edward J. M

Titolo

Stepping forth into the world [[electronic resource] ] : the Chinese Educational Mission to the United States, 1872-81 / / Edward J.M. Rhoads

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, 2011

ISBN

988-220-742-1

988-8053-44-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Disciplina

371.82951

Soggetti

Chinese students - United States - History - 19th century

Students, Foreign - United States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States Relations China

China Relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. Origins; 2. Recruitment; 3. Preparatory Training; 4. En Route to the New World; 5. The American Host Families; 6. The Chinese Educational Commission; 7. Elementary and Secondary Schooling; 8. The Students in College; 9. Becoming Americanized?; 10. Recall and Return; 11. The Returned Students; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The book contrasts the experiences of the Chinese Educational Mission students with those of other Chinese in the United States during a period of anti-Chinese sentiment, which was to culminate in the enactment of Chinese Exclusion in 1882.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910696305203321

Titolo

Bathymetric map [[electronic resource] ] : southwestern United States, Pacific Ocean / / National Ocean Service

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, , 1983

Descrizione fisica

1 map : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Sea level - California - Pacific Coast

Continental shelf - California - Pacific Coast

Bathymetric maps.

Maps.

Pacific Coast (Calif.) Maps

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale cartografico a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Depths shown by isolines and soundings.

Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 14, 2008).

"Produced ... for United States Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service.

"Outer continental shelf resource management map."

Blackline print.

Includes index of 1:250,000 scale topographic/bathymetric and bathymetric maps.