Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword, by John K. Fairbank
Introduction
Note on the Texts
I. EXOTIC AMERICA
George Washington and the American Political System
Xu Jiyu, 1848
Trains and Treaties
Zhigang, 1868
Strange Customs
Zhang Deyi, 1868
Glimpses of a Modern Society
Li Gui, 1876
Travel in the Interior
Chen Lanbin, 1878
How to Cope with Western Dinner Parties
CaiJun, 1881
II. MENACING AMERICA
Two Poems
Huang Zunxian, 1882-1885
Chinese in America
Zhang Yinhuan, 1886
Translator's Notes to Uncle Tom's Cabin
Lin Shu, 1901
The Power and Threat of America
Liang Qichao, 1903
III. MODEL AMERICA
Report of an Investigation of American Education
Huang Yanpei, 1915
The American Woman
Hu Shi, 1914-1918
The Contradictory American Character
Tang Hualong, 1918
"Things About America and Americans"
Xu Zhengkeng, 1918-1921
Presidential Elections
Li Gongpu, 1928
IV. FLAWED AMERICA
The American Family: Individualism, Material Wealth,
and Pleasure-Seeking
"Gongwang," 1932
Alabama: Reds and Blacks
Zou Taofen, 1935
Impressions on Reaching America
Lin Yutang, 1936
Burlesque
George Kao, 1937
The Shallowness of Cultural Tradition
Fei Xiaotong, 1943-1944
Some Judgments About America
Xiao Qian, 1945
Betty: A Portrait of Loneliness
Yang Gang, 1948
V. FAMILIAR AMERICA: THE VIEW FROM TAIWAN
A Day in the Country
Du Hengzhi, 1946-1948
Americans' Lack of Personal Style
Yin Haiguang, 1954
Black Ghost
Yu Guangzhong, 1965
Eating in America
Cai Nengying, Luo Lan, and
Liang Shiqiu, 1960s-1970s
A Family Christmas
"Jiejun," ca. 1970
America, America
Zhang Beihai, 1986-1987
VI. AMERICA REDISCOVERED: TRAVELERS FROM
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
Cold War Denunciations
1949-1955
A Glimpse of America
Wang Ruoshui, 1978
Working Students
Xiao Qian, 1979
America Revisited
Fei Xiaotong, 1979
I Do Not Regret Visiting New York
Zhang Jie, 1982
America, Spacious Yet Confining
Liu Binyan, 1982
Six Don'tsfor Chinese Students in America
Wang Yuzhong, 1986
Private Ownership and Public Ownership
Li Shaomin, 1987
Afterword
Source Notes
