{"product_id":"land-without-ghosts-chinese-impressions-of-america-from-the-mid-nineteenth-century-to-the-present-paperback","title":"Land Without Ghosts: Chinese Impressions of America from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eR. David Arkush\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLeo O. Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmericans 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. \u003ci\u003eLand without Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt last we have a wonderful book which makes us privy to these Chinese images of the West and lets us see how they were formed and how they changed over the last century and a half.--Orville Schell, author of \u003ci\u003eDiscos and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eR. David Arkush\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Iowa. \u003cb\u003eLeo O. Lee\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.97 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48931883122916,"sku":"9780520084247","price":62.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0850\/8132\/files\/a29SYzQwdlBYU2dVSjVGVlBWWmFudz09.webp?v=1778847664","url":"https:\/\/triumviratebooks.com\/products\/land-without-ghosts-chinese-impressions-of-america-from-the-mid-nineteenth-century-to-the-present-paperback","provider":"Triumvirate Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}