Autore	Welland Sasha Su-Ling <1969->
Edizione	[First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (388 p.)
Disciplina	920.009295/1
Collana	Asian Voices
Soggetto topico	Physicians - United States Authors, Chinese Artists - China Immigrants - United States Chinese Americans Sisters - China
ISBN	1-4422-1006-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	A Thousand Miles Of Dreams ; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note; Prologue: Departure; Part I: Moving House; 1 Origins; 2 Ambition; 3 Disappointment; 4 Courtyards; 5 Mountains and Walls; Part II: Casting Off; 6 Lessons; 7 Mist; 8 Amid Ghosts; 9 Into the Streets; 10 Romance; 11 Gatherings; 12 Modern Medicine; 13 Crescent Moon; Part III: Seeking a Mooring; 14 Arrival; 15 Adrift; 16 Souvenirs; 17 The Entangling Net; 18 Rice Porridge; 19 War Letters; 20 An American Home; 21 Wandering; 22 The Chinese House; Epilogue: Return; Sources; References; Permissions; Index About the Author
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910823210403321

Autore	Zhang Daye <1854->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (224 p.)
Disciplina	951/.034092
Altri autori (Persone)	TianXiaofei <1971->
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-295-80491-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Map of Author's Travels""; ""Translator's Introduction""; ""Preface by Zhang Daye""; ""Part 1.""; ""Trip to Tiantai""; ""An Account of Taizhou Prefecture""; ""The Six Counties of Taizhou""; ""The "One-Headed Woman" at Huangyan""; ""Ten Poems on Xianju""; ""The Birds of Xianju""; ""Part 2.""; ""Birth and Early Childhood""; ""On the Run: 1861-1863""; """Flames of War," Ghost Troops, and Other Strange Happenings""; ""Epidemic, Greed, and the Woman Dismembered at Lu's Dyke""; ""The Occupation of Shaoxing and Its Aftermath""; ""Edible Flora and Fauna"" ""The Pleasures and Horrors of Childhood""""Narrow Escapes on Water""; ""Reunion with Father and Father's Death""; ""Part 3.""; ""The Nian Uprising""; ""The Assassination of Governor Ma Xinyi""; ""Remembering Cousin Xuequan""; ""Travels for Livelihood after Father's Death""; ""Trip to Shaoxing for Father's Burial""; ""Return to Yuanjiang""; ""Trip to Hangzhou""; ""Sojourn at Songjiang""; ""Sojourn at Suzhou""; ""Trips to Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Xianju""; ""Friends at Xianju""; ""The Bandits of Xianju""; ""Chronology""; ""Appendix: A List of the Author's Connections""; ""Works Cited"" ""Index""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453178203321