TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hsu,Hua
TI  - A Floating Chinaman: Fantasy and Failure across the Pacific 
SN  - 9780674967908
U1  - 951.05 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Authors and publishers
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Public opinion in literature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Asian American
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: What Means the World to You? --; 1. Theoretical China --; 2. Naïve Melody --; 3. Four Hundred Million Customers --; 4. Pink Flag --; 5. Down and Out in New York City --; 6. Pacific Crossings --; 7. Too Big to Fail --; Conclusion: The Floaters --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Who gets to speak for China? During the interwar years, when American condescension toward China yielded to fascination with all things Chinese, a circle of writers sparked an unprecedented conversation over U.S.-Chinese relations. Hua Hsu tells how they became ensnared in bitter rivalries over who could claim the title of leading China expert
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674969285
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674969285
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674969285/original
ER  -