Land Without Ghosts

R. David Arkush

ISBN 10: 0520084241 / ISBN 13: 9780520084247

Published by University of California Press, US, 1993

About this Item

Americans have long been fascinated with European views of the United States. The many Chinese commentaries on America, however, have remained largely unavailable to the English reader. Land without Ghosts presents for the first time selections on America from Chinese writings over the last 150 years. Included are extracts from the travel diaries of nineteenth-century diplomats, a first-hand account of blacks in 1930s Alabama and of the young white Communists working to organize them.

Seller Inventory # LU-9780520084247

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Land Without Ghosts
• Publisher: University of California Press, US
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520084241
• ISBN 13: 9780520084247
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 408 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Americans have long been fascinated with European views of the United States. The many Chinese commentaries on America, however, have remained largely unavailable to the English reader. Land without Ghosts presents for the first time selections on America from Chinese writings over the last 150 years. Included are extracts from the travel diaries of nineteenth-century diplomats, a first-hand account of blacks in 1930s Alabama and of the young white Communists working to organize them.

About the Author

R. David Arkush is Professor of History at the University of Iowa. Leo O. Lee is Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles.