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  1. Chiang Yee
    the silent traveller from the East : a cultural biography
    Author: Zheng, Da
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Rutgers University Press, Piscataway

    Location:
    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Location:
    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0813549272; 9780813549279
    Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Reference; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies; Asian diaspora; Chinese; Chinese American artists; Chinese American authors; Chinese in literature; Exiles' writings, English; Literature; Travelers' writings, English; Literatur; Chinese American authors; Chinese American artists; Chinese; Chinese; Asian diaspora; Chinese in literature; Exiles' writings, English; Travelers' writings, English
    Other subjects: Chiang, Yee / 1903-1977; Chiang, Yee / 1903-1977; Chiang, Yee (1903-1977)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 314 pages, [12] pages of plates)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Foreword: Chiang Yee As I Knew Him; Acknowledgments; A Note on Romanization; 1. Chinese Childhood; 2. Revolutionary Era; 3. Civil Servant; 4. No Longer in Need of a Bench; 5. Another C.Y.; 6. "TheThing Has Come At Last"; 7. My Own World; 8. Oxford Years; 9. "My English Christmas"; 10. To America; 11. Americanized; 12. "Invisible Pains"; 13. Home; 14. Family and Love; 15. China Revisited; 16. Homeward Bound; Notes; Primary Sources; Writings by Chiang Yee; Index

    This is the true story of Chiang Yee, a renowned writer, artist, and worldwide traveler, best known for the Silent Traveller series̮stories of England, the United States, Ireland, France, Japan, and Australia̮all written in his humorous, delightfully refreshing, and enlightening literary style. This biography is more than a recounting of extraordinary accomplishments. Da Zheng uncovers Yee's encounters with racial exclusion and immigration laws, displacement, exile, and the pain and losses he endured hidden behind a popular public image