My Life in China and America
by Wing Yung
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About this eBook
- Author
- Yung, Wing, 1828-1912
- Credits
- Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, Chuck Greif, MFR, University of Toronto - Robarts Library and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
- Subject
- Chinese -- United States -- Education
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 54635
- Release Date
- April 30, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MY LIFE IN CHINA AND AMERICA
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS — MY LIFE IN CHINA AND AMERICA
- 4.CHAPTER I BOYHOOD
- 5.CHAPTER II SCHOOL DAYS
- 6.CHAPTER III JOURNEY TO AMERICA AND FIRST EXPERIENCES THERE
- 7.CHAPTER IV AT MONSON ACADEMY
- 8.CHAPTER V MY COLLEGE DAYS
- 9.CHAPTER VI RETURN TO CHINA
- 10.CHAPTER VII EFFORT TO FIND A POSITION
- 11.CHAPTER VIII EXPERIENCES IN BUSINESS
- 12.CHAPTER IX MY FIRST TRIP TO THE TEA DISTRICTS
- 13.CHAPTER X MY VISIT TO THE TAIPINGS
- 14.CHAPTER XI REFLECTIONS ON THE TAIPING REBELLION
- 15.CHAPTER XII EXPEDITION TO THE TAIPING TEA DISTRICT
- 16.CHAPTER XIII MY INTERVIEWS WITH TSANG KWOH FAN
- 17.CHAPTER XIV MY MISSION TO AMERICA TO BUY MACHINERY
- 18.CHAPTER XV MY SECOND RETURN TO CHINA
- 19.CHAPTER XVI PROPOSAL OF MY EDUCATIONAL SCHEME — FIRST PROPOSAL — SECOND PROPOSAL — THIRD PROPOSAL — FOURTH PROPOSAL
- 20.CHAPTER XVII THE CHINESE EDUCATIONAL MISSION
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII INVESTIGATION OF THE COOLIE TRAFFIC IN PERU
- 22.CHAPTER XIX END OF THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION
- 23.CHAPTER XX JOURNEY TO PEKING AND DEATH OF MY WIFE
- 24.CHAPTER XXI MY RECALL TO CHINA
- 25.CHAPTER XXII THE COUP D’ETAT OF 1898
- 26.APPENDIX — COMMISSIONER YUNG WING — IN YALE COLLEGE — TAKING FIRST STEPS IN LIFE — MADE A MANDARIN — AN OPPORTUNITY SEIZED
- 27.INDEX
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